About Miley and JB

I saw on Tumblr about Miley's interview with Jay Leno and it really got me thinking. Of course, I dismissed it and kept scrolling, but now it's on my mind again. Maybe it's just on my mind because I'm listening to her song, "Adore You" right now, but Destiny Ray Cyrus has been getting a lot of unnecessary flak lately. And, maybe, right now, I'm perpetuating it, but I don't really care.
It's what she wants us to do, after all.
Ever since the infamous VMA performance, Miley has been called a wild child left and right and people constantly point out the differences that exist between Miley of '06 and the present one. Some could even say that the controversy about how she's going about growing up started when this picture was released of her at a party. But, I'm here to say that the changes she's making, while not completely normally and standard, it's not odd for someone of her age to do what she is.
Am I condoning drug use? No. Am I saying it's okay to twerk with teddy bears and married men? No. I'm just saying that it's not the end of the world that Miley is doing these things. As far as I'm aware, she is only putting herself in harm's way and it's by her own choice. She's twenty one years old and enjoying her life. Irresponsibly, some might argue, and I would see the credit in their beliefs, because it is quite irresponsible to endanger yourself, whatever you do. But, again, people of all ages do it all the time.
Despite the fact that Miley should be taking special care to keep her reputation squeaky clean because she does have impressionable fans from Disney, her Hannah Montana days, and what have you, can she be blamed for how those younger people respond to the way she's living the life that she wants to?
Some would say yes, but I'd say no. I think that it's a parent's responsibility to instill morals and a sense of judgement into a child that lets them know that how Miley is acting is not how you should act. I also believe that they should add that her actions do not make her any worse of a person, either. If anything, it makes her selfish, but, really, she can't keep tabs on how probably millions of sub-14 year olds think about and react to her actions.
Celebrities don't have many opportunities to be themselves without being criticized from every direction for it.
However, in a smart way, Miley's critiques are working for her. Her critics must realize that there is some responsibility in her actions, be they purposeful or not.
She's getting talked about, she's getting press, and she's remaining somewhat relevant with each action she makes.
Unlike Justin Bieber, Miley's outrageous acts are improving her career. There is no petition out there begging for her deportation. Ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen year olds are not cutting themselves (#cuttingforbieber) in hopes of getting her to stop behaving how she is. She's not getting locked up, drag racing, and running off to Teterboro to escape it all.
That said, I'm not knocking JB. His life is pretty messed up.
With instant success comes instant money. When no one tells you no and not everyone in your 'circle' has your best intentions in mind, running into trouble is oftentimes the only outcome. I wish he was mature enough to stop himself, but at this point he really needs someone that matters to him to step in and do something to control his downward spiral.
From what I've seen, he's truly a great guy that makes awful decisions when under influences and egged on by so-called friends that want to see him fail. I just think he needs a mentor that he really respects to sit down with him and be there. It would've been nice for him to be forced by his parents or something to actually serve his sentence. But apparently they suck at parenting and join him in abusing flight attendants and supply prescription drugs that her abuses.
It might be hypocritical for me to expect JB to monitor his behavior more closely than Miley, but I think it goes to the majority of one's fan base. Most people who follow Miley and are her big big fans are my age and older, and maybe a couple of years younger. We were there when Hannah Montana started, when it ended, and everything that came before and after. And we were old enough to understand that she was and is getting older.
The fans in Justin's fanbase are, as a majority, thirteen or fourteen or younger. The ones that are older than that have enough knowledge and, hopefully, wisdom, to know what he's doing is not the best idea. They have the ability to make logical, mature decisions about how they're going to respond to it. His younger fans, unfortunately, do not.
I think Justin needs to keep in mind that no matter how many tattoos he gets, how much weed he smokes, and how low he wears his skinny jeans, he has 6 years olds idolizing him.
I don't think the same goes for Miley.
This clip is what I was talking about earlier.