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Miley Cyrus is taking some heat lately for using a body double on stage during her Best of Both Worlds Tour. There is a video that shows her slipping off stage in the middle of a song via a trap door. She reappears instantly, dancing around and singing with her hair covering her face. It turns out that this hair-in-the-face girl isn't actually Miley, but a body double. She's there to cover as the real Miley is making a quick costume change.
Cyrus' rep says this: "After Hannah has completed the featured verse on the duet with the Jonas Brothers, a body double appears approximately one to two minutes prior to the end of the song in order to allow Miley to remove the Hannah wig and costume and transform into Miley for her solo set. Other than during this very brief transitional moment in the show, Miley performs live during the entirety of both the Hannah and Miley segments of the concert."
See, it's just about wardrobe. No big deal. But I am still confused. Despite the fact that the fake Miley appears to sing while on stage, Cryus' rep insists there is no lip syncing going on during the show. So, is the real Miley continuing to sing from offstage as she removes her Hannah wig and puts on her Miley clothes? If not, where is the singing coming from?
I think most of the kids who are going to her shows couldn't care less about the brief appearance of a body double. Leave it to us grownups to create a scandal out of nothing.
Cyrus' rep says this: "After Hannah has completed the featured verse on the duet with the Jonas Brothers, a body double appears approximately one to two minutes prior to the end of the song in order to allow Miley to remove the Hannah wig and costume and transform into Miley for her solo set. Other than during this very brief transitional moment in the show, Miley performs live during the entirety of both the Hannah and Miley segments of the concert."
See, it's just about wardrobe. No big deal. But I am still confused. Despite the fact that the fake Miley appears to sing while on stage, Cryus' rep insists there is no lip syncing going on during the show. So, is the real Miley continuing to sing from offstage as she removes her Hannah wig and puts on her Miley clothes? If not, where is the singing coming from?
I think most of the kids who are going to her shows couldn't care less about the brief appearance of a body double. Leave it to us grownups to create a scandal out of nothing.
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1-13-2008 @ 10:58AM
Judy said...Exactly - a scandal out of nothing. This is so not a big deal as far as I can tell, and I can't figure out why it is a news story. Then again, I guess if you're spending as much money on these tickets as some people have, then maybe you want to get every second of your money's worth!
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1-13-2008 @ 11:31AM
Joy said...You know, I’m very disappointed that this is even a story. Our young girls have pretty much nobody to look up to. Our Miss America’s are drug and alcohol abusers or have “dirty photos” out here there that “just happen” to come out at the (in)appropriate time. Then we have the Spears sisters…need I say more there? Then we have Kellie Pickler on Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, she didn’t know that France was a country. Let alone she thought Europe was. Yes, it’s “cute” to be a blond ditz!! Little boys tend to admire athletes which there are plenty of. Girls don’t have many to aspire to. So lets take Hannah Montana from them.
It was an illusion. She went to change her clothes for heavens sake and this is a story of “deception?” Please!! This story really makes me sad for little girls. They will now think this is all true (mine won't). The whole group was singing and you couldn’t tell if it was her voice or not. I’m very sad this is even a story worth repeating, and repeating……and repeating!!
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1-13-2008 @ 12:02PM
Jane said...Excuse me if I’m wrong but isn’t Hannah Montana about a girl who’s a rock star at night and a “regular” girl in her “normal” life? Don’t you think kids know this? They watch it and LOVE it so don’t you think they know there is “pretending” in the whole process? I mean, they see it when they watch that she’s not really both people. I asked my friends 7 year old daughter, who totally loves this character and she told me “she’s not really two people, she just pretends at school so she had to take off her wig.”
I agree with Judy and Joy that this isn’t newsworthy at all and some people find fault with everything.
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1-14-2008 @ 8:18AM
Lisa said...Thank You!!!! I was amazed this was even noteworthy and people are mad because they "paid good money" and feel deceived. Wow, would they rather her stop the concert for 5-7 minutes with nothing going on? She is a hard-working, fantastic role model for our girls, give her a break. Find something else to complain about.
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