Miley Cyrus was asked about her sex life by reporters when she was only 14 years old. A clip from the red carpet moment has resurfaced online
An old clip of Miley Cyrus from a red carpet event has been doing its rounds online as fans shared their shock over a reporter asking the then-14-year-old Disney star whether she was pregnant. The Flowers singer, now 32, rose to fame as Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel but her young age didn’t stop people from starting rumours about her personal life.
Rumours swirled that she was pregnant, and she was questioned about the claims during a red carpet chat with Inside Edition and Extra TV in 2007. “I am not pregnant. I am 14 years old, and that is very lame because I’m a minor,” she set the record straight as her mother, Trish Cyrus, stood behind her and shook her head.
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“And yeah. So stupid. The main reason that I’m here tonight [is to] set the record straight,” the then-teen said. “I think that people that make stuff up like that do that, [it’s] kind of a cry for help, for attention.”
During a different chat with Extra TV, she was asked: “Why do you think these rumours about you being pregnant still exist? [What] do you think they’re still going around?”
“I don’t know, I’m ready for them to make up something else so I can escape from it,” she answered. “I think it’s just people kind of wanting attention, but they didn’t get the attention they wanted. It got turned back on me, and it was attention that I did not want at all. Thanks a lot, guys, good job.”
Miley was also questioned about her fans’ reactions to the rumours, to which the singer said: “It was really breaking my heart, so I thought it would really take me down.
“But the only thing it’s done, it’s put me in a position where everyone sees how supportive my fans are because all my fans have really stood strong and said ‘No, that’s not true’.
“I know that, and it’s also giving me the street cred just to stand here and say that would be impossible, because I’m living my life the way I believe is right, and that is to stay pure.”
The questions didn’t end there as the reporter asked the young star whether she believed in ‘no sex before marriage’. Miley responded: “No, I don’t at all. So, I’m trying to stay true to that, ’cause you never know.”
Fans slammed the invasive questions as they questioned why a child was being asked about her sex life. One user said on Reddit: “The fact that a 14-year-old had to handle that level of adult weirdness is honestly disturbing.”
“I’m both amazed at the poise which this 14 year old conducts herself with, and the disgusted at the line of questioning from an adult,” another added.
One posted: “Right?? Why are they asking her that?”
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