Miley Cyrus Slams Rebecca Black, Also Says She Is Not Single

By AOL Music Editors Posted Mar 31st 2011 01:00AM

Miley Cyrus was once a burgeoning 13-year-old star herself, so why is she hating on young Rebecca Black?

"It should be harder to be an artist," Cyrus pined to Australia's Daily Telegraph when asked about the rising viral sensation and her new song, 'Friday.' "You shouldn't just be able to put a song on YouTube and go out on tour."

Cyrus is no stranger to controversy, but to be fair, she has held it together better than most child-turned-adult stars. Upon turning 18 she's had to face the near-divorce of her parents, racy photos being leaked, the cancellation of 'Hannah Montana' and, of course, the whole salvia bong-smoking incident. But don't look for her to take to the social airwaves to complain about it.

"I do not tweet, I do not social network, I try to stay out of it," she admitted. "For me, I complain enough about people knowing too much about my private life, so to go out there and exploit myself would be silly and hypocritical of what I stand for."

Cyrus is dealing with it the way she was raised by her father Billy Ray Cyrus to deal with it: by singing. "I don't lip-sync," she said proudly. "I would rather someone say I sang like crap than have people see me lip-sync."

Scaling back her stage performance, Cyrus was interviewed by The Daily Telegraph in advance of the Australian leg of her 'Gypsy Heart' tour, and she was excited to share that this set of shows features fewer costume changes, some acoustic songs and a set list influenced by shout-outs from the crowd -- all for a ticket price under $100. But will she be traveling alone?

"I don't want to cross out the Australian boys, but I may or may not be single ... I'm definitely not coming to Australia single."

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Tuesday 31 May

By djthommse

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God help this generation. Or at least be kind and make them all deaf.

Friday 01 April

By b

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"It should be harder to be an artist," "You shouldn't just be able to put a song on YouTube and go out on tour." -Cyrus

being born into fame with mediocre talent at best is about as hard as it should be right?

Tuesday 05 April

By abdllaalm

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Thursday 07 April

By Katrina

wow, really now Miley...you dont have that much room to talk...let's see your daddy put out a song that was more or less a little catchy phrase, with absolutely no singing ability whatsoever!!!! and truth be told you cant hold a candle to real singers, you, Miley are a studio voice, and you should be thanking God right now for electronics my dear...so what if this girl is a youtube hit SO!!!! you got yours let her get hers...and you acting like you a real artist, HA HA, and again i say HA HA!!! get over yourself chic!!!

Monday 11 April

By myob

Really ?

did someone just have their period? aww. your a woman now!

Wednesday 13 April

By Sky

Miley Cyrus considers herself an artist did she mean entertainer?

We thought artis/entertainer meant: Charice, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner people who can sing with soul and carry a tune.

Tuesday 19 April

By MeredithP

I heard the Vanessa Black Song... Talk about earbleed central.

By Courtney Thompson

If people cant put a video on youtube and get famous, then the kids, such as miley cyrus, shouldnt be able to get famous from their own parent's fame.

Sunday 01 May

By James

woah woah woah

The writer of this article made a huge mistake!

Hannah Montana wasn't cancelled, it was Disney's highest rated show in fact, but all Disney shows end after about 3-4 seasons due to the ageing cast.

Monday 16 May

By Rick

Good job Miley, you just exposed yourself as a bully.

Wednesday 11 May

By steve

Miley's just jealoous that her mother had to have sex with mickey mouse and the entire disney management team, and her dad had to pay millions to get her hired as hannah montana, whereas Rebecca Black is doing it ALL on her own with nothing but her taqlent to back her up. Must suck to know where and who you came fromand all they had to do to buy your start in the business where talented young women are able to top her on the charts with no more effort than a little clean fun youtube sing. Yes I'm laughing at you miley. Now where are those naked pics of her again? And where is the sex tape miley cause we all know you made one with your 24 yr old live in shack job, boyfriend when you were only 14.

Monday 23 May

By Woofa

So Miley Cyrus thinks she's got room to talk about what shouldn't be so easy??? She doesn't know hard! Besides, neither of them can sing.

Wednesday 25 May

By Nabil Al-Murabit

This girl and I do mean GIRL, needs to stay in her lane. She's acting like she's Lena Horne or Reba McIntyre already. What has she done really? All she's done, with the help of the Disney star making machine, is manpulate young girls into buying stuff for them that is cheesy and cheap, that they will soon out grow

By Nicole

And it should be harder for someone to be an artist than just by using Daddy's name to get in the business. You can't sing Miley! True, you're better than Rebecca Black, but don't act like you worked so hard to be where you are. You were born into this industry, you didn't work your way up!

By djthommes

I'm amazed at the success this incredible young lady has had. Just think how far she could go if she could sing. Or was good looking. Or smart. Or talented.

Thursday 02 June

By Lynn

Miley sucks just as much. She has no right throwing stones. She's probably just jealous anyway.

Sunday 05 June

By Guilty Bystander

As if anything Miley Cyrus has to say about unearned success should be taken seriously. If it weren't for her dad, she'd be taking bong tokes in her neighbor's basement unnoticed.

Hey Miley, why not spend a little time in rehab and let others enjoy their success without them having to deal with jealousy over having blown your own.

Tuesday 21 June

By Barb

Love this quote from Miley: "... but I may or may not be single ..."

Hey, me too! ;-)

Friday 24 June

By Kondor33

"I would rather someone say I sang like crap than have people see me lip-sync."

Well, you hit the nail on the head there!

Sunday 10 July

By Reese

Miley Cyrus, an artist? Hmm.....Well if her daddy hadn't been a one hit wonder, she'd just be another talentless girl dreaming of being a star. Miley, like Billy, can't act nor sing their way out of a paper bag so I think its quite disingenuous of her to pick on a 13 year old girl who marketing herself on youtube and built quite a following of fans. Of the two, I'm much more impresses with Rebecca for trying to make in the the music world without help from a famous parent. When I think of artists, I think of Elton John, Eric Clapton and Tina Turner, not Miley Cyrus.

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