Some people might think that it's going to be pretty exciting for Miley Cyrus to host the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), but the Parents Television Company (PTC) does not agree and is already warning viewers that the show will not "be safe for children to watch."
In an interview with Gossip Cop, PTC president Tim Winter said he has no doubt that having Cyrus host the show will mean that there will be a lot of "profane" and "sexually explicit" content, given the singer's raunchy 2013 performance with "Blurred Lines" singer Robin Thicke.
"Based on everything we've seen Miley doing in recent years, she certainly seems angry and certainly seems enjoying being the provocateur," Winter said. "She's dropping F-bombs in her announcement on social media, which isn't unusual, but it tees up the kind of content."
Winter thinks it's "unfortunate" that Cyrus, who started her career as a Disney child star, has turned her backs on her original fans—including their parents—now that she has embraced an edgy, provocative, and over-the-top lifestyle.
Winters believes that Cyrus is capable of providing fun, wholesome entertainment if she only wanted to. "I think Miley Cyrus is capable of doing it if she so chose," he said. "She's smart. She's talented. She knows how to turn it up, turn it down if she so chooses."
Sadly, Winters acknowledges the fact that MTV wants to draw in more viewers, and having a host who will shock and titillate her audiences will definitely do that.
"This all comes down to dollars," he acknowledged. "For many, many years, the MTV Music Video Awards show has been one of their tent-posts on the programming schedule. It usually has some sort of controversial content in it, and I think at this point in time, people can expect that."
