Viral photo was misleading, the Internet got it all wrong

Aug 27, 2013 06:39 GMT  ·  By
Viral photo apparently showing the Smiths’ shocked reaction to Miley Cyrus’ performance is misleading
   Viral photo apparently showing the Smiths’ shocked reaction to Miley Cyrus’ performance is misleading

The other day, while people at home were still trying (and failing) to recover from the shock of Miley Cyrus’ performance at the MTV Video Music Awards 2013, one photo started making the rounds, showing the Smiths apparently reacting to it.

You can see that picture above. Jaden, Willow, Will, and Jada seemed downright shocked and disgusted by what they were seeing, which is presumably Miley grinding on Robin Thicke and oozing desperation from every pore.

As it turns out (a warm and fuzzy thank you goes to all our readers who pointed this out to me in the comments to the previous post), they weren’t reacting to Miley Cyrus and, more importantly, they weren’t shocked at all.

The photo was snapped during Lady Gaga’s opening performance of “Applause,” and the video below confirms it.

Jaden was just his usual intense self, Willow was with her mouth open because she was chewing gum, as also was her dad, while Jada was simply scratching her nose.

So there Internet, you got it all wrong.