Kasey Kahne, NASCAR Star, Apologizes For Disgusted Breastfeeding Tweet
by Free Britney at .NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne has kome under fire following a Tweet in which he expressed disgust at seeing a woman breastfeeding in a supermarket.
He has since apologized on his Facebook page.
Kahne wrote: “Just walking through supermarket. See a mom breastfeeding little kid. Took second look because I was obviously seeing things. I wasn’t!”
A minute later, he wrote: “One boob put away one boob hanging!!! #nasty” followed by “I don’t really feel like shopping any more or eating.”
Kasey Kahne, who finished the year fourth in the NASCAR standings, deleted the post quickly but not before it was reported and outrage ensued.
Thousands of people on his site left comments, many supporting the popular race car driver, but plenty more taking offense at what he wrote.
“You’re horribly sexist, Kasey Kahne, and your misogyny is really unattractive considering the number of female NASCAR fans,” one blogger wrote.The 31-year-old responded on Facebook:
“I apologize. It was in no way my intention to offend any mother who chooses to breastfeed her child, or, for that matter, anyone who supports breast feeding children."
“In all honestly, I was surprised by what I saw in a grocery store. I shared that reaction on Twitter. It obviously wasn’t the correct approach. After reading your feedback, I now have a better understanding of why my posts upset some of you.”
Kahne also apologized in a Twitter post to one of the woman whom he’d called “a dumb bitch” after she objected to his breastfeeding comments.
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Comments (15 Total)
I breastfed my 2 children for a year, and 8 months respectively. Not once did a man other than my husband see my breasts, because I am actually considerate of other people. A woman who does not breastfeed discretely is no better than an inconsiderate slut. It's not that hard to cover up.
My babies would kick, cry and pull off a blanket. Why should I lock myself in my home, let them cry hungry or feed them a bottle just because ignorant people can accept women's tits hanging out of "fashionable" clothing and on bill boards and magazines, but fall apart when they see a half inch of exposed flesh during breastfeeding. Can we say HYPOCRITE???? You don't like to see me breastfeeding my child? LOOK THE OTHER WAY! Or eat YOUR lunch in the toilet or under a blanket. If my child needs to breastfeed, I'm going to do it. Their needs trump yours. If you don't like it, F*CK yourself. But please, don't do it in public. That would be disgusting and I don't want to see it.
P.S. For those who compare breastfeeding to shitting or pissing in public, how about sneezing and coughing? Should be banned from public, too? How about breathing?? The difference is, those can spread disease. Breastfeeding does NOT. Maybe I find your drinking or eating in public disgusting. Why don't you go eat under a blanket or in a toilet?
BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC, IS ALMOST AS DISGUSTING, AS URINATING IN PUBLIC.
Obviously, he wasn't breat fed as a child...see what happens, the brain doesn't develop... Douche