Miley Cyrus On Provocative Vanity Fair Photos: 'I Feel So Embarrassed'

Access Hollywood - April 28, 2008 4:59 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Miley Cyrus is blasting back after seeing photos of herself where the Disney star appears clothed in only a sheet for an upcoming issue of Vanity Fair.

The "Hannah Montana" star posed for renowned photographer, Annie Leibovitz, in photographs the 15-year-old thought were going to be "artistic" in nature, Miley said.

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"I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about," Miley said in statement released to Access Hollywood.

Though Miley appears clothed in only a sheet in the photos, a source close to the singer told People, that Miley was not nude.

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"The photo suggests that she is [naked], but she is not. She is covered by a sheet, and beneath the sheet she is clothed. Originally, she was in a flesh-colored tank top but was asked to remove it," the source said.

However, it appears Miley isn't the only one upset with the racy photographs.

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"Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines," a rep for The Disney Channel, the network which airs Miley's hit show, told Access.

Vanity Fair told Access though Miley and her parents did not have photo approval, they saw the photos right after they were taken and were pleased with them.

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"Miley's parents and/or minders were on the set all day. Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley," Vanity Fair said in a statement to Access. "In fact, when Bruce Handy (who wrote the article the photos appear with) interviewed Miley, he asked her about the photo and she was very cheerful about it and thought it was perfectly fine."

On Monday, Annie Leibovitz defended her photographs.

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"I'm sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted. Miley and I looked at fashion photographs together and we discussed the picture in that context before we shot it. The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful," Leibovitz said in a statement to Access.

Tune in to Monday's Access Hollywood for more reactions to Miley's provocative photos.

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  • chuika
    okay ppl make mistakes! This mistake is not that bad. I'm not saying its good but one mistake and you all hate her!! thats not right. and from what i see u guys who judge her are the ones who are making a mistake. U dont know her, and you dont know what fame is like it probably gets to peoples head. She sed she was sorry and you need to get over it. Teenagers do crazy things okay!
    report abuseposted April 25, 2009 4:09 AM PDT
  • __A_YAHOO_USER__
    Ewww %@!*#
    report abuseposted April 18, 2009 2:36 AM PDT
  • DeeDee
    i think its okay!1 i belive every thing she says!!
    report abuseposted November 21, 2008 12:37 AM PST
  • cherbear
    Miley needs to grow up. Well, I know she's just a kid and kids, by the hand of nature/biology, are not fully developed till they are way out of their teens. However, this is not how I mean (half-nude photos) when I suggest she grow up. Celebrities of all ages ought to act like ladies and gentlemen and not have to use nudity to get ahead. I'm 40 & can see poor parenting
    report abuseposted September 4, 2008 6:59 AM PDT
  • Shaine
    She might be a "GOOD GIRL" but that doesn't give her the right as a teenage role model to take pictures like that. And the pictures of her with her daddy. Man! That was just sick . I mean we all know Billy Ray is just using his little girl to bring back him self but to pose with her like that makes me wonder, What else is there going on between them. Maybe the social s
    report abuseposted August 4, 2008 8:03 PM PDT
  • snowflake09
    I understand her face she likes all boys! Showing her bodyyyyyyyy!
    report abuseposted July 25, 2008 7:47 PM PDT
  • ;)
    embarrassed.?? after what you did? you didn't even think of what you wwe're doing. all you've ever think of is fame and popularity you %@!*#. and your parents are so not good at parenting. cyrus family sucks!
    report abuseposted July 12, 2008 9:22 PM PDT
  • Claire
    guys, this is HER life, not urs, and as far as i'm concerned, u have no right to judge her! her father was there! she said she was imbarassed and she made a full apology! The only people who would judge ALL the times are people who r to bored with there own BORING lives.
    report abuseposted July 10, 2008 8:11 PM PDT
  • *~*cutiepie*~*
    ok first o all they r trying to cover everything up caz if u see the pics her back is out and she is trying to hide her chest so she didnt have no tank top on she was plain old naked and thats her pick. i dont like her but if she want to be like that thats her. shes just like every other teen who want to be wild and have fun just caz shes a star dont change anything
    report abuseposted June 28, 2008 4:32 AM PDT
  • 2356
    miley's just a biotch....get over it.
    report abuseposted June 18, 2008 12:17 AM PDT
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