Robin's Mom on Miley: 'I Didn't Get Her Point'

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Miley Cyrus' provocative performance at last night's MTV Video Music Awards has been buzzing since her strutting, grinding and twerking on-stage set with Robin Thicke. Among Miley's critics about the performance is Thicke's mother Gloria Loring, who spoke exclusively to omg! INSIDER.

"I don't understand what Miley Cyrus is trying to do," Loring told omg! INSIDER after watching Cyrus and Thicke's medley of We Can't Stop, Blurred Lines and Give It 2 U.

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"I just keep thinking of her mother and father watching this. Oh, Lord, have mercy," she added. "...I was not expecting her to be putting her butt that close to my son. The problem is, now I can never 'unsee' it."

Loring -- who has previously defended her son's expicit Blurred Lines video featuring nude women amid criticism that it objectifies women -- said last night's VMA performance left her baffled.

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"I don't understand what Miley Cyrus is trying to do. I think she's misbegotten in this attempt of hers. And I think it was not beneficial." She goes on to say, "I didn't get what her point was. It was so over the top as to almost be a parody of itself."

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