Many Twitter users slammed the singer's vocals, and also claimed her performance was too tame for the same star who caused controversy with her sexually provocative routine with Robin Thicke at the MTV VMAs earlier this year.
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Miley Cyrus performs on 'The X Factor'
Taking to Twitter, Miley - who covered up in a gold dress and turban as she belted out hit 'Wrecking Ball' on the ITV talent show - wrote cryptically: "Damned if you do damned if you don’t."
Then appearing to address the rumours she was told to tone down her performance by ITV bosses, who reminded her that 'The X Factor' is a family show, she added: "SO DO WHAT THE F*** YOU WANT. love always, me."
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Miley Cyrus: Through the Years
With her dad Billy Ray Cyrus, 1994 (01 of42)
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With her mother, Trish, April 2009 (23 of42)
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