The Nothing Compares 2 U singer unleashes another verbal attack on the music
industry's 'sexualisation' of artists who 'look like kids'
The sexually provocative antics performed by the likes of Miley Cyrus lead to
child sex trafficking and ultimately child deaths, Sinead O’Connor has
claimed.
Firing off the latest salvo in her war of words with the young pop star,
O’Connor argued that challenging the music industry’s exploitation of
artists like Cyrus was “an issue of child protection”.
The row between the two singers began last October after Cyrus cited
O’Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U as the inspiration behind her controversial
Wrecking Ball video.
In the video, Cyrus suggestively licks a sledgehammer and swings across the
screen naked on a wrecking ball.
An outraged O’Connor, 47, was quick to tell Cyrus, 21, she was being exploited
by the industry.
She has now launched another attack on the “reckless and dangerous”
sexualisation of “the artists that look most like kids,” claiming her
problem is not with Cyrus personally but is much broader.
“Her audience needs to be protected,” she told the Mail on Sunday’s Event magazine.
“She is selling sex and sexual imagery to very young kids and it’s wrong.”
Artists should be conscious of minors, she added, and should not expose them to highly sexualised content.
“There’s no excuse for endorsing this type of reckless behavior because that leads to child sex trafficking and ultimately the deaths of children,” she said.
“It’s that dangerous. It’s well known that paedophilic people hang around industries where children are. Look at the Church, look at schools, look at the music business.”
Paedophiles should be killed, she added, but “as mercifully as possible.”
She also singled out the singer Lady Gaga who, despite counting millions of underage children among her fans, has supposedly encouraged them to simulate sex acts.
O’Connor has written a number of open letters voicing her concern for young artists including Justin Bieber and Britney Spears.
“Her audience needs to be protected,” she told the Mail on Sunday’s Event magazine.
“She is selling sex and sexual imagery to very young kids and it’s wrong.”
Artists should be conscious of minors, she added, and should not expose them to highly sexualised content.
“There’s no excuse for endorsing this type of reckless behavior because that leads to child sex trafficking and ultimately the deaths of children,” she said.
“It’s that dangerous. It’s well known that paedophilic people hang around industries where children are. Look at the Church, look at schools, look at the music business.”
Paedophiles should be killed, she added, but “as mercifully as possible.”
She also singled out the singer Lady Gaga who, despite counting millions of underage children among her fans, has supposedly encouraged them to simulate sex acts.
O’Connor has written a number of open letters voicing her concern for young artists including Justin Bieber and Britney Spears.
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