Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard performed Sinéad O'Connor version of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" during SNL50 on Sunday, which apparently generated some controversy due to Sinéad being infamously banned from SNL after ripping up a photo of the Pope.
According to the Daily Mail, Miley is aware of backlash and thinks it's pretty ridiculous. That said, she knew the performance "would cause some people to get offended."
"It was absolutely Miley’s idea to sing Nothing Compares 2 U and she believes she killed it," a source tells the outlet. "She is aware of the backlash and she knew going into this that it would cause some people to get offended...It is actually quite comical to her."
The insider says Miley "will never apologize for something that she owes no apology for. So, as usual, Miley is going to let this chatter bounce off her. She believes that she delivered a beautiful performance of a Prince song. She really has no time to dwell on a performance that is over."
For what it's worth, Sinéad also had no regrets over her SNL moment, saying in her 2021 memoir Rememberings, "A lot of people say or think that tearing up the pope's photo derailed my career. That's not how I feel about it. I feel that having a number-one record derailed my career and my tearing the photo put me back on the right track.”
