If people watching the 2013 VMAs thought Miley Cyrus’ teddy bear corset was strange and shocking, they had no idea that something even more controversial was just around the corner. Cyrus was joined onstage by Robin Thicke to sing his hit song “Blurred Lines,” and when Cyrus met Thicke on the runway, she discarded the teddy bear and picked up a foam finger. She’d stripped down to nothing but a flesh-colored latex bikini, giving the impression that she was nearly nude, and she poked that finger here, there, and everywhere while twerking all over Thicke.
The unflattering look led to Halloween costumes and endless memes at Cyrus’ expense, many of which pointed out that it didn’t exactly make her figure look shapely. “I had on my cute little nude bodysuit, everyone started comparing me to a turkey,” she recalled years later on Instagram Live, revealing that she avoided wearing shorts for years due to all of the jokes that emerged from this VMAs look. “Memes can be so much fun, but they can also just be so hurtful,” she said, “because they’re meant to be funny, but when they’re about you they are just so not funny” (via StyleCaster).
In 2018, Cyrus told Wonderland Magazine that this controversial performance ended up having a big impact. “Not only was culture changed,” she said, “but my life and career were changed forever.” She continued, saying, “If the world is going to focus on me and what I am doing, then what I am doing should be impactful and it should be great.”
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