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Everyone's had something to say about the recent Miley Cyrus controversy involving a series of racy photos she took for Vanity Fair, including Rosie O'Donnell, who joined those defending Disney's young star.
Unlike the mass of people speaking against Miley Cyrus' latest photo shoot in which she showed off a little too much skin for just a 15-year-old, O'Donnell was fast to express her support via her website.
"Leave Miley Cyrus alone," O'Donnell said in a video posted Monday night. "Disney [is] making her apologize. Ay yi yi."
The "Hannah Montana" star already issued an apology on Sunday saying she feels "embarrassed" over the pictures taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz in which she appears to be topless, covered only with a piece of fabric.
"Listen, Annie Leibovitz – I had two photo shoots with her. You kind of do what she says. It’s intimidating. I also don’t think it was a pornographic photo in any capacity. I thought it was sort of a beautiful portrait," O'Donnell added.
For her part, Leibovitz expressed her disappointment regarding the whole controversy, apologizing for any misinterpretation, insisting she found the image "simple" and "beautiful."
"I'm sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted," Leibovitz said in a statement issued Monday. "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’s statement followed Vanity Fair’s defense of the shoot, after its images were condemned by the star’s Disney Channel bosses, who accused the publication of creating a situation "to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines."
Others such as Bill O'Reilly blamed Cyrus' parents for allowing their daughter to become a "sex symbol" at such a young age. During Monday's Factor, O'Reilly said that even though he thought "Miley is a nice girl," she made "a bad decision."
On Monday, Michele Combs, a spokesperson for the Christian Coalition of America, said that Disney should reprimand the "Hannah Montana" actress.
"If she's gonna go out there and represent wholesome values, she needs to be more accountable for her actions," Combs said.
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