One of the portraits showed the seemingly topless "Hannah Montana" star wrapped in a white satin sheet, while another portrait showed her nestled in Billy Ray Cyrus' lap—which many critics labeled as "inappropriate. F--k YOU. And I thought, 'This looks pretty, and really natural,'" she told the magazine. For Vanity Fair, I was so honored and thrilled to work with Annie. I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed," she said at the time. In a separate statement, Leibovitz said, "I'm sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted. Miley and I looked at fashion photographs together and we discussed the picture in that context before we shot it.

The year was and, yes, it did happen. The photo shoot incited a media outrage that culminated with Cyrus apologizing for disappointing her fans. Guess what? Back then, in the Vanity Fair profile accompanying the photos, Cyrus actually addressed the potential for blowback, explaining that neither she nor Disney was worried about the shoot. The tunes changed quickly, however, and both the singer and the network gave statements disparaging the magazine and positioning Cyrus as a victim of circumstance.

Subscriber Account active since. Miley Cyrus has no regrets about posing nearly nude for Annie Leibovitz in On the cover, Cyrus is quoted apologizing for a photoshoot she did with Leibovitz and Vanity Fair Magazine.