Miley Cyrus' performance as host of MTV's Video Music Awards didn't go down well with the Parents Television Council.

The watchdog that advocates for 'responsible entertainment' slammed Miley and the cable network for 'blatant sexualization' and glorifying illegal drugs during Sunday night's show.

As for the brief exposure of the 22-year-old singer's nipple, the PTC condemned the cynical attitude towards nudity.

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Saucy: Miley Cyrus flashed a nipple during a backstage segment as she hosted the MTV Video Music Awards live from Los Angeles on Sunday night

'Are we surprised that Miley Cyrus exposed herself to millions of viewers, and to more people who will inevitably see the news in the mainstream media? About as surprised as we’ll be if the sun rises in the east tomorrow morning,' PTC President Tim Winter said in a statement released Monday morning.

'We had hoped she would have proven us wrong and demonstrate her considerable talent as a performer, rather than rely on her own sexuality to entertain the audience.'

The Wrecking Ball star spent the show that was broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles wearing a series of barely-there outfits, engaging in lewd behavior and talking about smoking and ingesting marijuana.

Not shy: The Wrecking Ball singer flashed a fair amount of flesh during her hosting gig

Provocative: Miley paraded around in a number of 'barely there'outfits as she pushed the envelope of what she could get away with during the broadcast

'MTV had an opportunity to use its powerful VMA platform to stir a young audience to aspire to something positive and uplifting. Instead they chose to perpetuate blatant sexualization – much of it self-inflicted by the artists – and to celebrate the use of illegal drugs,' the PTC said.

The organization also accused MTV of being irresponsible in its efforts to push a toxic entertainment environment on children in order to stir controversy.

The PTC statement concluded: 'MTV and Cyrus could both be forces for something positive, but tonight’s VMA partners relied on exposing millions of children to graphic, inappropriate and far-too-frequently offensive content.'

However, the Federal Communications Commission will not fine MTV for the live show, as cable networks are held to different standards than network TV, according to PEOPLE.

Miley's hosting gig came two years after her infamous twerking on stage with Robin Thicke during a performance of his hit Blurred Lines.

Outraged: The Parents TV Council issued a statement on Monday condemning the 'blatant sexualization' and celebration of illegal drugs that were a running theme at the VMAs

Smoking: The 22-year-old lit up a marijuana joint backstage after the awards show

Shared: She also offered a puff to reporters and photographers in the media room

MTV had promoted the probability of outrageous goings on at the VMAs ahead of time by letting it be known there would be a delay and a dump button if necessary.

Despite that, much of the bad language managed to make it through and Miley was briefly exposed while changing backstage partially concealed behind a curtain.

The camera cut away, but not before she was heard saying, “Oh, what’s happening? Oh sorry, my tit’s out?”

Following the show, the 22-year-old went backstage where she lit up a joint as she talked to the media.

She then offered to pass it around the press corps and according to TMZ, some of the reporters and photographers indulged.

Poor choices: The PTC lamented the fact that MTV and Miley had an opportunity to do something positive but instead exposed 'millions of children to graphic, inappropriate and far-too-frequently offensive content'

However, MTV will not face a fine for showing Miley's nipple since, as a cable channel, it is not subject to the stricter rules regarding nudity and obscenity that govern the broadcast networks.

In addition, the Federal Communications Commission, which governs television and radio broadcasts, has been forced to relax its objections to 'fleeting nudity' and 'spontaneous cursing' during daytime hours following two high profile legal cases.

Fox successfully appealed a decision by the FCC in 2004 to sue the broadcaster for swear words uttered by Cher and Nicole Richie that went out live on air during the 2002 Billboard Awards.

After several years of legal hearings, a new York City Court OPf Appeals ruled that the FCC's suit violated Fox's First Amendment rights to free speech.

Following the exposure of Janet Jackson's nipple by Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl XXXVIII half-time show in 2004, which was produced by MTV, CBS was fined a record $550,000 by the FCC.

That, too, was overturned by an appeals court in 2011.