Sinead O'Connor has urged Miley Cyrus to not allow herself to be "prostituted" by the music business.
The Wrecking Ball singer revealed that she based her music video on Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares to You video. O’Connor has said that her recent actions will ‘harm her in the long run’.
O’Connor posted an open letter on her website asking the star to focus on her talent rather than taking her clothes off in an attempt to detach herself from her Hannah Montana past.
She wrote: "I am extremely concerned for you that those around you have led you to believe, or encouraged you in your own belief, that it is in any way 'cool' to be naked and licking sledgehammers in your videos.
"The music business doesn't give a s**t about you, or any of us. They will prostitute you for all you are worth and cleverly make you think it's what YOU wanted ... and when you end up in rehab as a result of being prostituted, 'they' will be sunning themselves on their yachts in Antigua, which they bought by selling your body and you will find yourself very alone."
The singer recently caused quite a stir after turning up to the MTV music awards in August in a latex bikini and rubbed herself against foam finger. O’Connor reinforces that she does not need to strip to have people respect her work.
She continued: "You are worth more than your body or your sexual appeal. You have enough talent that you don't need to let the music business make a prostitute of you. Please in future say no when you are asked to prostitute yourself."
The musician also argues the former 'Hannah Montana' child star is sending a "dangerous" message to her fans with her sexually charged image
She added: "Whether we like it or not, us females in the industry are role models and as such we have to be extremely careful what messages we send to other women. The message you keep sending is that it's somehow cool to be prostituted ... it's so not cool, Miley. It's dangerous. Women are to be valued for so much more than their sexuality."
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