Cyndi Lauper Says Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was a Pro-Date Rape PSA

Everyone is talking about Miley Cyrus’ performance at the VMAs. Everyone including Cyndi Lauper. Though her criticisms were more of the “I’m going senile” variety than anything else.

Gold 104.3 asked her about Miley’s performance and she basically said the whole thing was a pro-date rape PSA.

“She’s in a song that literally says that the blurred lines allowed you to—when a woman says no, she means yes—and that’s frightful because that’s date rape,” noted Lauper.

“And there she is, a young twentysomething trying to prove she can hang with the big boys and girls, you know, basically simulating a Girl Gone Wild video onstage. And I just felt like that was so beneath her and raunchy, really raunchy,” added Lauper. “It wasn’t even art.”

Lauper pointed out that while Lady Gaga rocked a seashell thong bikini to kick off the festivities, there was an artistry behind it, whereas she implied Cyrus’ twerking was merely a desperate bid for attention.

She’s right. Now that Miley’s fans have seen this, they’re going to think date rape is totally okay because that’s exactly how everyone interprets the lyrics for “Blurred Lines.” “Everything is going according to plan,” thought Robin Thicke as Miley ground her bony ass into him.