Miley Cyrus' various costumes for Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards were for the most part nearly naked — and then she took it a step farther and flashed her nipple during a costume change.

As the camera panned backstage, Cyrus failed to cover up and the broadcast quickly cut away to the crowd while she continued to talk. She then said, "What's happening? Oh, sorry."

Throughout the show, she made drug references and sang about smoking marijuana during the final performance of the show.

Mariana Agathoklis, a representative for MTV, said the shot would be removed from future broadcasts of the show.

Cyrus has previously appeared on various shows wearing pasties, and her first outfit for Sunday VMAs featured only suspenders as a top, leaving her breasts almost entirely visible other than a strip of covered skin.

In backstage interviews with reporters after the show, Cyrus refused to take questions. She arrived backstage with a lit joint, and passed it around to photographers.

"I've been doing this (expletive) for a while. Because you're all my friends, and my song is kinda, sorta about the love of marijuana and the love of humankind, I brought a little joint if anyone would like any. Anyone?"

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AP entertainment writer Derrik J. Lang in Los Angeles contributed to this story.