(CNN) -- Reactions to Miley Cyrus at the VMAs: People are still having them! Earlier this week, we heard what both Britney Spears and Paula Patton had to say about the performance. (Spoiler alert: They think she's just being Miley.) But while both those stars were shrugging their shoulders, another music legend was sharpening her claws. "I'm not old-fashioned," Cher told USA Today in an interview published Tuesday. "She could have come out naked, and if she'd just rocked the house, I would have said, 'You go, girl.' It just wasn't done well. She can't dance, her body looked like hell, the song wasn't great, one cheek was hanging out. And, chick, don't stick out your tongue if it's coated."
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Cher says Cyrus "come out naked, and if she'd just rocked the house"
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Cher later backtracked on Twitter
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The singer said Cyrus is talented
Good points all, @placeholder — though some might argue that "flicking that tongue as deamons do" should be grounds for at least a time-out.