One Direction's Harry Styles backtracks on support for Miley as he blames twerking for 'promoting promiscuity'



Harry Styles being a ladies man you would think he might enjoy watching the odd ‘twerk’ every now and then.

But that is not the case as the One Direction heartthrob has branded the raunchy move as unsuitable for young girls.

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Promoting promiscuity: Harry Styles hasn't taken back his support for Miley Cyrus and said that he thinks her favourite dance move 'twerking' is inappropriate



In an interview with US film website Moviefone the 1D star said: ‘I think it’s quite inappropri ate.'

Especially for the age group that it’s aimed at. I think it's, you know, promoting promiscuity.’

The 19-year-old star dramatically backtracked on his earlier supportive statements when first questioned about her antics.

He said at the time: 'She's quite shy and I think it's time she came out of her shell. [It was] family friendly. You could watch it with your kids and your grandma.'

But it seems that he's had a swift change of heart.



Harry also seems to have forgotten he pulled off a ‘twerking' routine himself for the cameras last month at the Teen Choice Awards.

Twerk Queen: Miley Cyrus no longer has Harry's seal of approval when it comes to 'Twerking' on stage

The popular dance move involves a person shaking their hip and butt in an up-and-down bouncing motion.



Initially Harry seemed split on his opinion when asked about his view on twerking queen, Miley Cyrus’s performance at the MTV Video Music Awards - in a which a bikini clad Miley grinded alongside Robin Thicke.

Harry's fellow bandmate Liam Payne also didn’t see what the fuss was all about with 20-year-old Miley's 'twerking' performance, describing it as 'cute'.

While Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson made light of her routine Niall said: 'I don't get why everyone is sulking about her.'

Louis added: 'I was shocked at how much coverage it got and I think she was shocked. I don't think she even knew she'd get that much attention from it.'

But it seems, while on promotional duties for the band's hit film This Is Us that he has changed his mind.

When it comes to on tour shenanigans Zayn admitted that the 1D boys are all equally messy. While Niall revealed: 'on our bus we have a bed called the junk bed, and we just throw all our stuff on there'.

This Is Us has certainly been a victory for Niall, Zayn, Liam, Louis and Harry as it boxed £3.5 million in its opening weekend in the box office.