Miley Cyrus Fights Back: Elvis Was 'Doing The OG Twerking'

Miley Cyrus is done listening to people criticize her dance moves.

She didn't pull any punches in a recent sit-down with Australia's Chris Bath on Sunday Night, where she focused on America's sexist standards for its pop stars.

The crux of her argument centered on one example in particular.

"Elvis, he wasn't wearing the outfits I was wearing but he was coming out and he was doing like the OG twerking. Like, no one wants to admit that he was twerking, he was," Cyrus said. "He was like sex. He was a symbol of sex but no one would have ever called Elvis a sh-- because he wasn't a girl. It's that double standard and I think I'm doing something for the double standard."

She also spoke about the trend toward feminism: "The only thing I'm an example of is freedom, especially in this time where the energy of the world is shifting from male energy to female energy," Cyrus said. "I think a lot of that was started by these girls that get to watch my show and see young people just being themselves and representing freedom."

Oddly enough, Miley wasn't the only young star to bring up Elvis this week. As already reported, Nick Jonas uses The King as his inspiration while balancing singing and acting.

"A lot of people feel like you have to focus on one at a time, but I want to be greedy and do both," Jonas said. "I hope I can. I look at people like Elvis, who did both, and it was amazing. There's a million examples of people who have made the transition from one to the other, but I'd love to be able to do both and make an impact in both."

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Miley Cyrus, Elvis Presley, Nick Jonas