Cyrus’s kid phobia

Miley Cyrus does not like children, said Ronan Farrow in W magazine. “I think I was around too many kids at one point,” says the former child actor, referring to her years on the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana. “They’re so f---ing mean.” Her own fans are no exception. “If they meet me [and ask their parents to take a photo], they’ll be like, ‘Mom, don’t you know how to use an iPhone?’ I’m like ‘Dude, if I ever talked to my mom like that when I was a kid, I’d have had no phone, no TV, no anything.’ So, yeah, kids are just mean.” Cyrus, 21, has to deal with a lot of mean these days. She’s bombarded with angry, insulting messages on social media and can’t step out in public without a bystander taking her photo and posting it online with a snarky comment. “With Instagram, Twitter, whatever, everyone is a paparazzi now,” she sighs. “You’re never safe.” Given the choice, she’d never leave her mansion in the Hollywood Hills. “Why go to a movie? I’ve got a huge-ass TV. We’ve got a chef that can make great food. I’d just rather be here where I’m completely locked in.”

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