Despite landing herself in the record books for scoring the second-highest grossing film debut during Easter weekend and threatening to "ruin" Radiohead's career, teen sensation Miley Cyrus may have garnered more attention than she originally anticipated.
Earlier this year, the 16-year-old 'Hannah Montana' star lashed out at the alternative English rock band for denying her face time during February's annual Grammys. And to hear Miley tell it, she was a bit disappointed (to say the least) by the band's rudeness.
"I told my manager, 'Pull as many strings.' My manager asked and said, 'Miley's really obsessed.' And they were like, 'We don't really do that,'" Cyrus recalled on the 'Johnjay and Rich' morning radio show just days following the show.
"They're the reason I love music," she continued . "Just to say you don't really do that. It's not like I was going to bring my crew. ...I left 'cause I was so upset. I wasn't going to watch. Stinkin' Radiohead! I'm gonna ruin them. I'm going to tell everyone."
Well, apparently not everyone was too enthused by the Disney queen's remarks.
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Singer Miley Cyrus performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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Singer Miley Cyrus performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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Singer Miley Cyrus performs with her father singer Billy Ray Cyrus (R) during on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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Singer Miley Cyrus performs with her father singer Billy Ray Cyrus (R) during on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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REFILE - CORRECTING LAST NAME ..Singer Miley Cyrus performs with her father singer Billy Ray Cyrus (R) during on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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REFILE - CORRECTING LAST NAME ..Singer Miley Cyrus performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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REFILE - CORRECTING LAST NAME ..Singer Miley Cyrus performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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REFILE - CORRECTING LAST NAME ..Singer Miley Cyrus performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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REFILE - CORRECTING LAST NAME ..Singer Miley Cyrus performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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REFILE - CORRECTING LAST NAME ..Singer Miley Cyrus performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)
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Jamie Foxx has now stepped in and added his two cents about Cyrus' thoughts on Radiohead. The Academy Award-winning actor vented earlier this week during his profanity-filled Sirius satellite radio show 'The Foxxhole.'
"Who is Miley Cyrus?" he asked following a listener who called in about the incident. "The one with all the gums? She gotta get a gum transplant. ...S--t."
He continued, "She's going to ruin Radiohead's career? The same Radiohead that gets paid a million dollars just to sample their song? That Radiohead?"
The 'Blame It' singer even had some advice for Cyrus' career.
"Make a sex tape and grow up. Get like Britney Spears and do some heroin. Do like Lindsay Lohan and start seeing a lesbian and get some crack in your pipe. Catch chlamydia on a bicycle seat. That's what I want."
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In the midst of the media attention generated by this story, Foxx received public scrutiny following his statements. On April 14, the 'Booty Call' star took time out to apologize during an appearance on 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.'
"I so apologize to Cyrus, and this is sincere," he said. "I am a comedian, and you guys know that whatever I say, I don't mean any of it. And sometimes, as comedians, as we do, we go a little bit too far."
"We go at everybody," he explained. "There was a situation with Miley Cyrus, and I just want to say, I apologize for what I said. I didn't mean it maliciously. You know I'm a comedian. You know my heart. ..Miley, I apologize. So I'll call you. I got a daughter, too, so I completely understand."
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By: "DimePiece" on 4/14/2009 6:04PM
Jamie is funny as hell. He is a comedian. People in the business should take criticism and laugh about it. She needs to get over that and stop being so sensitive. I can't stand Miley tell you the truth. She acts too old for her age. She is so stuck up and think she is this talented singer/actress in the world? NOT! I blame her Dad for the way she is. I won't forget that photo shoot that she did with her Dad. That was so inappropriate. Being in Hollywood will change you and make you grow up fast!
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By: charles on 4/14/2009 8:15PM
Is Foxx out of his mind, Is that the best he's got to talk smack about a 16 year old. Say It loud don't mess with the kid's. I'm not a Cyrus fan at all my kid's are to old to to ride that rave also.
Look he cross the line talking trash about a juvenile on national radio sorry man you gotta pay the price pull the show.
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By: "DimePiece" on 4/14/2009 9:29PM
Charles, you have a point. I had to read this over again and overlooked the words he said about her. He was out of line and should apologize. I can see if she was 18 yrs old or older? Jamie will always be my favorite comedians of all time.
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By: Lanette on 4/16/2009 9:11PM
i agree with you... plus what does a grown ass man look like talking like this about a DISNEY star? WTF?
and he has a daughter! I wonder how he would like it if someone said stuff like this about HIS daughter?
this is crazy...she is 16...and he is a grown man. he is wack...I can't believe he s an Oscar winner?? wtf???
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By: norma j on 4/16/2009 10:36PM
Jamie Foxx is so wrong on every level. I am not a fan of MIley or her dad Billy Ray ,but if Billy Ray had said this about Jamie's daughter he would have been called a racist and protested for every. We can not support this outrageous behavior by Jamie and an apology is not good enough. Send him to a senstivity session. When you are wrong you are wrong and he is wrong.
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By: Dan on 4/27/2009 7:50AM
Pull the show? Its a satellite show, thats what they pay him for you idiot. Plus, whatever happened to the right to free speech. Are we saying that he is not entitled to his opinion? And someone had the nerve to say a 'Disney' star. Miley is a whore. If she was such a fine upstanding girl, why are there photos circulating with her in 'sexual' poses? Give me a break. You want to act like an adult, you'll get treated like one. Jaimee just had the nuts to say what most of us are thinking. I hope Miley has a Princess Di ending to her career and life.
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By: Mary on 4/14/2009 11:04PM
The difference betw Miley's childish rant and Jamie's diahrrea of the mouth is this: She is 16 yrs old. He is supposed to be an adult. Adults do not make sexual jokes about children. Its unacceptable and its just not funny. Unfortunately he made the comments on satellite radio and he probably won't experience any discomfort or remorse for his tasteless remarks. Now if this had been Robin Williams, Will Ferrell or Larry the Cable Guy, making the same comments about a young, black starlet, we'd have every cable news program scrambling for the most vocal and colorful commentators and experts they could find.
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By: Mike on 4/17/2009 1:29PM
Robin Williams, Will F. and Larry the Cable Guy don't do that kind of comedy but people like Howard Stern and Andrew Dice Clay do and they would have gotten the same reaction. It's not a black white thing at all. Jamie was out of line because he was talking about a child period.
And whether you like it or not...he's still funny as hell...most of the time.
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By: Jerrieee on 4/15/2009 2:49AM
I'm a woman and all my life, even as a young teen, I heard comments from many older men that always referred to sex -- and they always pi**ed me off. Jamie Foxx is evidently no different than any of those men. Old men like him ought NOT to put anything to do with sex in the same paragraph as the name of a 16-year old. And any woman who doesn't agree with this better rethink what SHE grew up around. I'm not sayin' all guys are like him, but there are enough of them to leave an unpleasant taste in my mouth. I really liked Foxx before this, but he's OUT. He's a jerk who's been pretending to be straight up for years, and he just outed himself.
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By: Chelle on 4/17/2009 8:54AM
I have enjoyed jamie Foxx's work since he was on in living color as Wanda , I think he is a very gifted man and very funny , but even as a comedian , a man of his status what he said what tacky, and distasteful. I still love you jamie but
he could have been funny without coming down so hard on Miley. i do not care for the teen myself , and I blame her parents for allowing her to get away with a lot of what she does she is still just a teenager . If he wanted to make fun of her okay fine , he talked about her gums but to talk about she should do dope, she should catch a std, etc... to me that was a bit unprofessional and sounded like something someone would do or say in high school I did not find that at all funny. They say what goes around comes around so with that said I say this , jamie has a daughter a beautiful daughter how would he feel if his daughter made a mistake , did something then the media gets involved and a comedian or someone out there says some really harsh things about his "child" Kids do stupid thingsnsay stupid things they are young .
As an adult we shouldnt be stepping down to their levels we should be guiding them towards a better one . If her dad is already allowing her to do things that are inappropriate was it wise to then have another adult come out and bash her and give crazy advice he thought was funny at the time. Come on Jamie you are better than that .As for you people who do not like her cool you do not have to as I said I don't Im sure there are a lot of bad or disrespectful children out in the world you can not stand that you personally know , but would you tell them or go around saying that lil bad a$$ nneeds to go smoke some coke, that child needs to go get drunk and pass out, that lil boy needs to have his teeth knocked out and forced down his throat, you would be no better than that bad a$$ child youre talking about .
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