Did Miley Cyrus cross the line between oblivious and rude? A video of her interacting (or rather, not interacting) with fans at a record signing event is going viral for all the wrong reasons, as the pop star seemingly ignores fans who have stood in line to get their vinyls signed by her and their picture taken with her.

As Cyrus doesn’t tour and only occasionally performs live at venues that are open to the public (a perfectly reasonable decision made for personal reasons), this is one of the few opportunities her fans have to see her up close, making it all the more disappointing, to some, that she barely made eye contact, instead chatting with Naomi Campbell.

In this edition of TL;DR, we break down what people are saying and how this fits into the larger context of celeb-fan expectation and etiquette.

Wait, Miley Cyrus and Naomi Campbell have a song?

Yeah, let’s back up. It came out three weeks ago but, look, there’s kind of A Lot Going On In The World Right Now, so you might have missed it: Naomi Campbell, the supermodel, is featured on Cyrus’s new song, “Every Girl You’ve Ever Loved.”

Campbell, at least, has cultivated a reputation for being, let’s say, removed from the general populace, so I don’t think anyone was surprised or disappointed by her attitude in all this.

So, what happened at the event?

In a video circulating on Reddit and elsewhere, taken from Campbell’s Instagram Livestream, Cyrus and Campbell are seated behind a table at Rough Trade in London as fans approach them one by one with a vinyl of their song, which Cyrus signs in Sharpie and then, at the photographer’s reminder, she smiles for a photo, after which the fan moves on. In between, Cyrus and Campbell appear to be in deep conversation.

In the chat, some of the photos from the event show that the photographer wasn’t even able to capture Cyrus and the fan posing together at the same time, because it was all so quick.

Why are people mad about this?

Simply put: Cyrus was at work, and she seems to have been acting unprofessionally, chatting with Campbell instead of interacting with the fans who had waited in line to see her. According to some on the thread, it was a free event for the fans, but it was still in promotion of a work product. We all have “off” days, but there’s a difference between “I don’t have the energy to giggle and gab with strangers” and “I simply must chat with Naomi Campbell and ignore everyone else.”

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