We caught Miley Cyrus’ lively song about a month ago, a hilariously square rap in which let her fans know why she was deleting her Twitter account. In it she claimed, “I want my private life private.”

And yes, she stated this in a YouTube video.

That she made and released on the Internet.

Anyway, someone sent us a link recently to the interview below, the headline on which was “Miley Cyrus Thinks Twitter Should Be Banned!”

To be fair, yes, she does say this, but when one watches the video and considers the statement in context, the following things become clear:

1. She doesn’t really mean Twitter should be banned. She means Twitter and other online activities can be time-sucking, and prevent people from living fully and really engaging with one another.

2. This point would probably have more impact if:

a) It were edited for grammar and read aloud by Ian McKellan or Meryl Streep.

b) Miley’s blackberry wasn’t going off every 9 seconds while she was saying it.

3. If anything should be banned from the planet, it is the word “like.” We actually watched the entire interview below and counted the number of times Miley used this word, and the result was: no less than 60 times but not more than 70. Considering Miley spoke for about 4-5 minutes of the interview, that puts her mean “like” usage at somewhere around 15 times per minute.

Okay, yes, we understand that she’s just your average teenage millionaire with no formal education. But our 12-year old daughter looks up to this girl. Can we at least get her a language tutor?

Maybe we can scare one up on Twitter.

Via CNET.