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In amazing sparkly cowboy outfits the duo performed the mash up acoustically, which had a very country western vibe. Miley managed to grind all over Madonna through the majority of the performance (of course), which she later described as “pretty fucking cool”. Watch the performance below!

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So tell us how you got involved with Awkward.

I auditioned for Awkward. and was fortunate enough – after two more auditions and a screen test – to get the job. Telling the other actors at the audition to “get lost” while posing as a MTV executive didn’t hurt my chances, either.

What attracted you to the project?

The unique characters and nuanced story were very appealing to me. It was evident from the pilot that Awkward. had the potential to be something special; I knew I wanted to be apart of it.

What kind of themes and stories can we expect to see in series two? Does the whole thing get more’ Awkward’?

Season two oozes with “awkward” (whatever that means). Strong themes of betrayal, friendship, and moral judgement are examined early in season two. Fans will see characters make pivotal decisions that will change relationships forever.

When did you start acting? Did you train formally?

My mom threw me into dancing, singing, and acting classes when I was very young. I remember being extremely embarrassed and really frightened of the older kids and by what their opinions were of me, so I threw in the tights.
I didn’t start taking acting classes again until I was thirteen, shortly after that I began auditioning. Living on Vancouver Island meant I had to take a two hour ferry ride to the mainland, then an hour bus into town for classes and auditions. This worked in my favour because it allowed me extra time to work on my scripts or do whatever homework I needed to do. When I moved to Los angeles I started studying immediately and haven’t stopped. I’m still in a scene study class while I’m filming Awkward. And I am actually coming to the UK in July for an intensive at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre! I’m pumped!

Name your five favourite emerging actors.

I don’t know who my five favorite emerging actors are, but my five favorite in general would be: (1) Daniel Day Lewis (2) Philip Seymour Hoffman (3) Gary Oldman (4) Sam Rockwell (5) Tom Hardy. ‘nough said.

Finally, what’s your most awkward moment as an actor to date?

Last week, I had an audition where I was supposed to play a very confident, overly macho; a ladies man. I felt it went very well. After, as I was walking down the street to my car, feeling euphoric and overjoyed from the audition, I felt a slight breeze in my crotch area. Turns out, they weren’t laughing from my performance.

Main photo: Tyler William Parker, grooming – Kelsey Deenihan and wardrobe styling – Joey Tierney.
Awkward. returns on July 19th
Words: Jack Mills

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Jason has phenomenal luck with the ladies and is bed hopping each episode – are you as successful with women in your own life?
If only I could be as successful as Jason! The cool thing about him is if you look at the raw facts of his life you would think he is a player. A smooth talking Don Juan type, but I feel like his success with ladies comes from a much more pure place and each new sexual encounter Jason really believes “This could be the one”. He’s not a womanizer even though he does get a lot of action.

Are those characteristics that you can relate to as well?
Being a pure hearted romantic? Oh yeah. [laughs] I mean I’m not exactly like Jason, but I’m definitely a romantic guy. Although there are probably people who would read this and go “No he’s not!”

Oh really? You have some bad history?
I have no history. My reputation is completely unblemished. And I want that written in print! Peter’s reputation is unblemished!

The sex scenes in the show are always a bit awkward – are they just as awkward to film?
It’s interesting. I do think that the show touches on this sort of fantasy of how sexy your 20s are and how everyone seems to idealize this urban lifestyle of young, cool, attractive people hooking up all the time. And I like that Pants shows you that world but it shows how awkward and bizarre it is. There is definitely an underbelly of the single free life that is you might be talking to someone in a bar and they seem normal and then you get home and your in bed and you realize that the world is full of weirdos.

In the UK, Pants means underwear what would the show be like if it was titled I Just Want My Underwear Back?
That’s funny. It would be a totally different show. It would be about a guy who has one pair of underwear that got stolen and then he was uncomfortable having his bear bottom on the harsh denim of his jeans. It wouldn’t be a comedy but it would be a deep meditation for someone expressing their dislike for freedom ‘down there’. I want to be constrained. At least that’s how I feel. It’s really important for me to wear underwear.

The way the show is written is very realistic and honest and seems very genuine – do you feel you could be friends with Jason and everyone?
That’s the thing that first struck me – especially between a male female relationship like the one with [Jason and] Tina (played by Kim Shaw, Jason’s best friend). It’s something so specific and interesting what happens when a man and a woman are just friends with no romantic tension and I think Dave Rosen just nailed that. When I read the script I thought I was reading a transcript of two friends with real history. That’s the kind of truth an actor is looking for in a script.

According to your twitter, you are Piers Morgan’s understudy – how is that going?
Normally he’s fine and he doesn’t need me to go on, but sometimes he does but then I kill it. It is just a side gig but I like it. [laughs] It was meant to be a throw away joke and be funny but I guess I do actually like him. That’s the thing about Twitter. You write something very off hand and “You mean I actually have to answer for what I write?” That’s why I’m not very good on twitter because I’ll come up with something I think is funny to but then I’ll think about it for half an hour and end up not tweeting it which I think flying the face of the whole tweeting handbook. I think I overthink for twitter.

Don’t deliberate, just let it out.
I think those are great words to live by – “Don’t deliberate, just let it out”. I think you should end the interview with that. If there’s something we came to it’s that.

I Just Want My Pants Back is on MTV Tuesday’s at 10pm.

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JJ Hudson has been waging a personal war on mass-produced fashion for over a decade. His subversive label NOKI (an anagram of IKON) is famous for taking brand-name garments and – with the help of gaffer tape and scissors – mutating them into one-off DIY couture pieces. For the last two seasons, Hudson’s NOKI – House of Sustainability runway collections have forced the press to sit up and take notice. But now NOKI is a legitimate fashion fixture, is the 37-year-old publicity-shy Scot finally growing up? Don’t hold your breath.

Are you an artist or a designer?

I see myself as an artist: NOKI is one big work-in-progress installation. I can’t design to save my life. I’m terrible at pattern cutting. Customising has made me feel as near to being a designer as I ever will.

You often wear a mask at public events. How important is your anonymity?

It’s crucial because I’m not doing this to be famous. I worked at MTV styling presenters so I’ve been in that zone and it’s not pretty: I watched normal people become commodities. It was there I started mucking about with t-shirts in the styling wardrobe. MTV wanted me to use well-known brands but I couldn’t show the actual name on air so I used gaffer tape to cover letters up. So Adidas became Aids. The Nike tick would turn into a smile with some Minnie Mouse eyes above it and then it’d hole punch the t-shirt until it looked like it’d been involved in a drive-by shooting.

Have you always worked with discarded materials?

Yes, as far back as my graduation collection. I did fashion design at Edinburgh School of Art from 1989 to ‘93. The screen-printing department were throwing out all the old gauze. I found a huge pile of this mesh lying about; it had amazing painted graphics all over it. So I used it to make big dresses for my show.

Is recycling an economic or ethical decision for you?

Originally NOKI was going to be a subversive magazine. I had a few meetings with people but it was never going to work so I treated t-shirts as pages of this imaginary publication. I’d cut and paste things down with gaffer tape; I never even thought about it coming off in the wash. Because it was all an experiment I wasn’t going to buy a new t-shirt for £25, cut it up and get it wrong. I’d rather go to the bargain basement.

There were some innovative knits in your last show…

I worked with a 52-year-old master of crochet called Dr. Hook. I met him in a juice bar in Brighton, where I live. Together we developed a new textile, which is called DNA yarn. A lot of it is shredded up Calvin Klein, Gucci and Tommy Hilfiger clothes. Dr. Hook normally does really fine stuff like baby and wedding shawls but he made big, sculptural shapes for me. I wish I could knit but it’s one of those arts and crafts things that I just can’t do.

Is your basic ideology anarchic?

To me cutting up a t-shirt is the same as smashing a McDonald’s window. But anarchy doesn’t help anybody; it just causes problems. I can be more effective working within the fashion world, rather than outside it. A lot of people presume that I’m anti-brand, but I’m not. I’m an Eighties kid so I like all that. My work doesn’t come from a place of hate… I’m using things that I love.

Is NOKI – House of Sustainability (NHS) a departure for you?

It’s still subverting brand names but moving it into a serious fashion game. I want the NHS to prove that a sustainable product can be as high-end as a Fendi leather jacket. It’s me growing up, basically. I see myself as a doctor of customisation: old rags come into the NHS knackered and broken, they get repaired and leave totally new.

Where do you get all your second-hand clothing?

My fairy godmother has come in the guise of a recycling plant called LMB. It’s a family-run business – with no political agenda – that recycles metal, paper and plastics as well as rags. They deal with thousands of tons of brand-name waste. It all comes in on a conveyor belt and they let me pick out whatever I want. The whole NOKI silhouette starts to come together right there and then. Now I’ve got my source locked down, ideas are infinite. This summer, LMB are also opening a shop on Brick Lane and they’ve given me my own NHS floor there.

Do you think major fashion houses will adopt sustainable materials?

The consumer is a lot more clued up and big firms will have to catch on to it at some point. Everything comes to a conclusion and ultimately eats itself. The ship will sink. And I’ll be there in a dingy… gaffer-taping for dear life.

Photography: Aitken Jolly

A full version of this article first appeared in Wonderland #13, April/May 2008

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