Atlanta, GA 11/25/2010 12:54:23 AM
Dolly Parton thinks Miley Cyrus is being encouraged to act “trashy”.
The country music legend – who calls the star her
honourary goddaughter – admitted she does not approve of the
18-year-old star’s recent provocative stage performances and is worried
that the singer-and-actress is trying too hard to overcome her Disney
image.
She said: "Hopefully she didn't get that from me because I certainly
never encouraged her to do any of that... I think she's just in a cross
- she's just kind of in a crosswinds trying to overcome the ‘Hannah
Montana’ little girl, and trying to become a young woman.
“I don't know if she's surrounded by people that are helping her to not make the wise decisions..."
Dolly also thinks Miley is putting too much pressure on herself to act a certain way.
She told US TV talk show host Larry King: "I think this day and time
life is hard for young people, certainly young girls... The world is
just... you just can't flaunt enough. You can't just do enough. You
can't just talk trashy enough or dress trashy enough. It seems to be
like if you don't do that you're not in the in crowd.
“So I think that there's a lot of pressure just on young people in
general and I think they put a lot of pressure on themselves.”
However despite Miley’s “trashy” image, the ‘9 To 5’ hitmaker thinks
she will emerge from this phase of her life and has offered to help her
if asks.
She said: "I'm hoping that Miley is going to be just fine. I know she's
very gifted and I love her dearly and if she ever needs me I'll do
everything I can to help her in any way that I can. So I think we
should just let her grow up."
