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Comic-book series not so super to Miley

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Miley Cyrus is taking issue with the CW series Supergirl, which airs on Showcase in Canada, because she says having a show with a gender attached to it is “weird.”

The singer tells Variety that the actress who plays the title character, Melissa Benoist, is a woman, “not a little girl.” She also questions “what if you’re a little boy who wants to be a girl so bad that this makes you feel bad?”

Entertainm­ent Weekly says Supergirl executive producer Andrew Kreisberg responded Tuesday that he stands by the show. He says since it was based on a pre-existing property called Supergirl, there was never any intention of calling it anything but that.

Kreisberg says they worked hard during the show’s first season to address the discrepanc­y between the title and the character’s age.

Cyrus also revealed to Variety that she identifies as pansexual, open to all sexual orientatio­ns or gender identities.

 ?? DARREN MICHAELS/CBS ?? Melissa Benoist, the star of Supergirl, is a woman, “not a little girl,” says Miley Cyrus.
DARREN MICHAELS/CBS Melissa Benoist, the star of Supergirl, is a woman, “not a little girl,” says Miley Cyrus.

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