Miley Cyrus stole the MTV video music awards for a second year in a row by bringing a homeless man to accept her Video of the Year trophy for Wrecking Ball. She sent a 22-year-old homeless, long haired man to read out a note when her name was called as the winner. “My name is Jesse. I am accepting this award on behalf of the 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth in the United States who are starving and lost and scared for their lives. I know, because I am one of those people,” the man said while Cyrus wept on her seat. “I have survived in shelters all over this city.
The music industry will make over $7 billion this year, and outside these doors are 54,000 human beings who have no place to call home. If you want to make a powerful change in the world right now, join us and go to Miley’s Facebook page,” Jesse said. In a video later, Cyrus said Jessie’s appearance as her stand-in was not a stunt. “Now is just the beginning for me. We gotta start somewhere,” she said.
