Miley Cyrus discusses – for the first time – her controversial photos that appeared in Vanity Fair.

Miley Cyrus still taking about near topless picture

"I think I was just in a stage where I was just trying to get things done, and maybe look for an older audience. I was working with a big magazine just trying to go with what they were saying."

, "People need to remember that I am young and that I do have feelings, and I'll do the same thing for them. Anyone who was 15 years old can't say they haven't made a mistake. So I think it's just normal."

Cyrus says she's walked away smarter, and she now "knows what it's like to have people talk about you like you're kind of iron."

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