VMAs 2013 Miley Cyrus Robin Thicke performance draws negative reactions ...

Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke's jaw dropping combined performance of We Can't Stop and Blurred Lines during the Video Music Awards was the talk of the town on Sunday night but a lot of the chatter about the 20 year old singer's stage antics wasn't positive even among her fellow celebrities.

Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Miley Cyrus performs at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday Aug. 25.

Watching VMAs. Haven't been in a strip club in a while but good to see nothing has changed

Bill Maher ( billmaher) August 26 2013

Haven't been in a strip club in a while but good to see nothing has changed wrote comedian Bill Maher.

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Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus perform Blurred Lines during the VMAs.

Is it just me or are the vma up to this point like what watching japanese porn must be like added Lisa Rinna.

Others weren't sure what to think about Cyrus' lewd display.

It's nice that Miley is comfortable with herself wrote director Judd Apatow.

Larry Busacca/Getty Images for MTV The singer performed her hit We Can t Stop before stripping to a nude outfit for Blurred Lines.

The comedian added a photo of the former Disney darling's much tamer appearance in her movie So Undercover which came out just last year.

I will always have this version of Miley. Let's live in the past and heal. pic.twitter.com/zMsEW2PvfO

Judd Apatow ( JuddApatow) August 26 2013

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Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Director Judd Apatow wondered what happened to the former Disney darling whose appearance has clearly changed in less than a year.

I will always have this version of Miley Apatow added. Let's live in the past and heal.

Dawson s Creek star James Van Der Beek took a jab at the entertainment network for even allowing some of Cyrus moments on air.

Things I learned watching the VMAs2013 There's nothing you can do with a foam finger that you can't air on MTV.

James Van Der Beek ( vanderjames) August 26 2013 Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Some viewers took to Twitter to express their discomfort during her performance.

There's nothing you can do with a foam finger that you can't air on MTV he wrote referring to the singer s simulation of oral sex.

Those watching from the Barclays sidelines couldn't hide their reactions. One of the highlighted camera cuts came as Will Smith and his children Willow 12 and Jaden 15 all watched the performances with varying degrees of shock and apparent disgust.

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Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Actress Lisa Rinna compared Cyrus s performance to Japanese porn.

Actress Brooke Sheilds who made several appearances as Cyrus' mother on Hannah Montana spoke to the Today show Monday morning about her eyebrow raising display.

I was Hannah Montana's mother. I do not approve Sheilds said. Where did I go wrong I just want to know who's advising her and why it's necessary

Our children can't watch that she added. I feel like it's a bit desperate.

The Parents' Television Council also chimed in voicing their outrage at MTV's decision to let Cyrus loose on stage in front of impressionable teenage viewers.

Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/AP James Van Der Beek appeared to be disgusted by what MTV allowed on air during Cyrus performance referring to her lewd display with a foam finger.

This is unacceptable a spokesperson for the group said in a statement. MTV continues to sexually exploit young women by promoting acts that incorporate 'twerking' in a nude colored bikini.

How is this image of former child star Miley Cyrus appropriate for 14 year olds...

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Official_VMAs via Twitter Will Smith and his children appeared shocked and disgusted by the stage antics.

Twitter erupted with comments after the performance and even set a new bar. Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke perform brought in more than 300 000 tweets per minute according to data gathered by the social network. By comparison last year's show had a peak of 98 300 tweets per minute. Even last year s Super Bowl blackout couldn t compare that moment brought in 230 000 tweets per minute.

Most comments suggested Cyrus went too far but Thicke her grinding partner didn't see anything wrong with it.

That was dope he tweeted afterward. Shout out to MileyCyrus

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for MTV Robin Thicke tweeted That was dope after his performance.

But another magazine source indicated Thicke didn t realize how much she would overshadow him.

Cyrus even surprised her own team with her raunchy display a source close to the pop star told the magazine.

They saw the rehearsals but those were really played down compared to the live performance.

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