People filed hilarious FCC complaints after Miley Cyrus unintentionally showed her nipple at the VMAs
MTV's 2015 Video Music Awards featured host Miley Cyrus accidentally baring a nipple in an incident that was decidedly less shocking than Janet Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction. Still, viewers were offended. Some even took the time to formally articulate their complaints to the FCC.
Rolling Stone unearthed some real gems with a genius public records request:
1. "Miley Cyrus is a VERY TROUBLED CHILD and I can not believe what she was able to get away with on this show."
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2. "Miley Cyrus said tits and showed a tit for a second. Before that, there were multiple words that were not okay, including 'horny'."
3. "I understand that she wants publicity, but I do not want to see her breasts. My 19-year-old son complained as well."
Head over to Rolling Stone to read all the complaints in full. Then cross your fingers the hard-hitting magazine also gets ahold of any complaints about Miley's 2013 twerking with Robin Thicke.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
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