( CNN ) -- Reactions to Miley Cyrus at the VMAs : People are still having them ! Earlier this week , we heard what both Britney Spears and Paula Patton had to say about the performance . ( Spoiler alert : They think she 's just being Miley . ) But while both those stars were shrugging their shoulders , another music legend was sharpening her claws . `` I 'm not old-fashioned , '' Cher told USA Today in an interview published Tuesday . `` She could have come out naked , and if she 'd just rocked the house , I would have said , 'You go , girl . ' It just was n't done well . She ca n't dance , her body looked like hell , the song was n't great , one cheek was hanging out . And , chick , do n't stick out your tongue if it 's coated . '' EW : Paula Patton reacts to Miley Cyrus ' VMAs performance . Ouch ! It 's one thing to slam Miley 's choice of outfit or sexually-charged behavior ; it 's quite another to question the girl 's talent itself . And coming from someone who knows a thing or two about rockin ' it while wearing revealing outfits — not to mention clearly visible buttocks — that comment is harsher still . EW : Britney Spears defends Miley Cyrus on 'GMA ' , plus 4 other things we learned . Evidently , Cyrus is taking Cher 's burn in stride . She has n't responded to Cher 's words on social media , choosing instead to keep touting the phenomenal success of `` Wrecking Ball , '' her latest single . ( `` # 1 on Billboard . # 1 on iTunes . # 1 on Spotify . # 1 on Streaming . # 1 on Digital songs . # 1 most added to pop radio . # 1 on VEVO , '' according to Miley . ) And maybe it was the young star 's high-road tactics — not to mention a barrage of criticism about her criticism — that prompted Cher to backtrack on Twitter yesterday . `` What I should have said [ is ] , '' I did n't like it that much , but she 's Pushing The Envelope , being an ARTIST ! '' the Oscar winner wrote . `` She 's Talented , & DIDNT COMMIT A FELONY [ . ] '' Good points all , Cher — though some might argue that `` flicking that tongue as deamons do '' should be grounds for at least a time-out . See the original story at EW.com .
Cher says Cyrus `` come out naked , and if she 'd just rocked the house '' Cher later backtracked on Twitter . The singer also took to her Instagram account to defend herself against accusations that she's a hypocrite for not wearing clothing in public. ''