Miley Cyrus News Update 2013: Dancer Says VMA Performance was 'Degrading' and 'Less Than Human'
Miley Cyrus' VMA Performance remains to be controversial, with one of her bear dancers speaking out about the degrading number that made her feel "less than human," according to the Examiner.
Hollis Jane, who describes herself as a "little person," felt terrible after her VMA performance with the singer, and claimed that she broke down in tears right after the first dress rehearsal. She wrote in her blog, "I will never forget that performance because it is what forced me to draw my personal line in the sand. After our first dress rehearsal in the costumes with the crew, publicists, performers etc watching us, I walked out of the Barclay Center shaking and crying."
The backup dancer reportedly felt "less than human" while performing with the "Wrecking Ball" singer, as it was evident the bear dancers were there purely for comic relief amidst the raunchy performance.
Jane begins her VMA performance confession on her blog by saying, "I was a bear in Miley Cyrus' VMA performance and it was my first time doing anything like that...anything where I was being used because of my height, not because of my talent. And I will be the first one to tell you that standing on that stage, in that costume was one of the most degrading things I felt like I could ever do," Jane wrote in A Bunch of Dumb Show.
Having bills to pay, Jane auditioned for Miley's tour and was again accepted as a backup dancer. However, after careful consideration and a family conference about the upcoming gig, Jane eventually declined to join the tour, saying the fat paycheck wasn't really worth the degradation, according to Yahoo! Music.
Miley's camp have yet to comment on this new controversial buzz, but so far the former Disney star has been unapologetic about her wild VMA performance.