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NASCAR Driver Apologizes for 'Offensive' Tweets About Public Breastfeeding

NASCAR Driver Apologizes for 'Offensive' Tweets About Public Breastfeeding

" I was surprised by what I saw in a grocery store."

NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne has now reversed course and is apologizing for what he dubbed "offensive" tweets about public breastfeeding. Kahne had earlier recalled an incident where he saw a mother breastfeeding her baby in the supermarket, and tweeted that the incident made him uncomfortable and even caused him to lose his appetite. When a reader called him out on his comments, he responded by calling the reader a "dumb bit**."

"I understand that my comments regarding breastfeeding posted on Twitter were offensive to some people," Kahne said on his Facebook page. "For that, 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. I want to make that clear."

He continued:

In all honestly, I was surprised by what I saw in a grocery store. I shared that reaction with my fans on Twitter. It obviously wasn’t the correct approach, and, after reading your feedback, I now have a better understanding of why my posts upset some of you.

My comments were not directed at the mother’s right to breastfeed. They were just a reaction to the location of that choice, and the fashion in which it was executed on that occasion.

I respect the mother’s right to feed her child whenever and wherever she pleases.

Kahne also apologized to the woman he lashed out to via Twitter:

As we reported yesterday, the comments came on the day that breastfeeding advocates staged a "nurse-in" at Target stores nationwide. It was a move to stand in solidarity with a Houston mother who says she was harassed by employees at a Target store because of her decision to breastfeed in public.

"It's a statement saying 'we're not freaks,'" Clarissa Bradford, who participated in a nurse-in in Phoenix, told ABC15. "We're not walking around with our breasts hanging out. Even if we are, it's just to feed our babies."

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