4/14/2009

in

Actor and singer Jamie Foxx went on a tirade against teenage pop star Miley Cyrus during a Sunday broadcast of his Sirius radio show.

A Dickinson

The 41-year-old actor and singer, real name Eric Marlon Bishop, has said something outrageous in public. Foxx, whose career has been a mix of critically acclaimed character portrayals, sexually-charged R&B albums and wacky comedy routines, dissed teenage pop star Miley Cyrus during a swear-filled tirade on his Sirius radio show this past Sunday.  
  
The *In Living Color* alum was first provoked by the mention of Cyrus's feud with Radiohead, which has been ongoing since the rock band refused to meet the 16-year-old at this February's Grammy Awards.  
  
"Who is Miley Cyrus?" Foxx asked sarcastically, going on to exclaim, "She's going to ruin Radiohead's career? The same Radiohead that gets paid a million dollars just to sample their song?"  
  
Foxx continued the insults, suggesting that Cyrus needs a "gum transplant," and exhorting the guests on his show to join him, leading them to label Cyrus "a little white b---." Foxx then suggested that the daughter of country-artist Billy Ray Cyrus "grow up" by doing "some heroin" like Britney Spears, becoming a lesbian like Lindsay Lohan and making a sex tape. Poking fun at Cyrus's love of cycling, he advised the singer to "catch Chlamydia on a bicycle seat."  
  
Foxx's comments about a girl not yet old enough to buy a lottery ticket have divided observers in the gossip business. USmagazine.com was quick to point out that they found Foxx's words particularly shocking, given that the radio host has a teenage daughter of his own. Videogum.com put up a blog post in which they hoped that "this becomes bigger than the Christian Bale thing," referring to the backlash that actor suffered after a tape of him haranguing a director of photography on a movie set went public.  
  
Bossip.com, on the other hand, wrote that they "think the tirade is hilarious," adding, "We don't think he did anything wrong."