Miley Cyrus has angered Mexican officials by whipping a big prosthetic butt she was wearing with the Mexican flag. You’re thinking, ‘Hmm, isn’t that opening line exactly the same as the headline?’ And the answer to that is: yes. But when the news is this insane you kind of don’t need to write around it.
Some necessary information:
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Miley Cyrus has taken to wearing an overlarge prosthetic butt on stage recently, as is her wont
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She performed in Mexico this week
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She twerked with the aforementioned big prosthetic butt and, at some point mid-twerk, two backing dancers gleefully whipped the butt with the Mexican flag And now the Mexican government is PISSED.
Because as GossipCop reports, Mexico has strict flag desecration laws protecting “national emblems, the flag and the national anthem”. Disrespecting the flag — by flipping the bird at it, or burning it, or whipping a big plastic butt with it in front of thousands of screaming children — could result in a fine of $1,200 and 36 hours in prison.
As* Reuters* confirms, Mexican lawmaker Francisco Trevino has approved a warrant to enforce the law, meaning Miley or a member of her team could soon face a fine. Hilarious. In 2008, Paulina Rubio was fined for posing naked but for a Mexican flag in the Spanish edition of Cosmo. So it’s happened before. LEARN FROM PAULINA RUBIO, MILEY CYRUS.