BW wrote in to today's NYPost. She said:
1) That she never said breast feeding was "gross and disgusting" (I think that was Star Jones
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2) That she is very supportive of breastfeeding: case in point: her senior producer has been bringing her son to the office for a year to breastfeed "and she is encouraged to do so"
3) Elisabeth H. hasn't given up nursing, just supplements now
4) She was not flying first class but "on a crowded shuttle , with three seats in the row" and the mother was across the aisle
All of the above might be well and good...until...
"Heaven know, we weren't against the woman breastfeeding her baby. We only suggested perhaps a bit of modesty. I truly regret that is caused discomfort to some women."
The idea of "modesty" makes me want to tear my eyes out, particularly when you're talking about a woman who puts Star "Booberella" Jones on TV 5 days a week. Which reminds me: one thing that's bugged me about the whole View fallout is that BW, rather than Star, seems to be getting all the attention--when really, in my mind, Star's comments were far more offensive and damaging (breastfeeding is "gross"; formula is "just as good these days").
1) That she never said breast feeding was "gross and disgusting" (I think that was Star Jones
)2) That she is very supportive of breastfeeding: case in point: her senior producer has been bringing her son to the office for a year to breastfeed "and she is encouraged to do so"
3) Elisabeth H. hasn't given up nursing, just supplements now
4) She was not flying first class but "on a crowded shuttle , with three seats in the row" and the mother was across the aisle
All of the above might be well and good...until...
"Heaven know, we weren't against the woman breastfeeding her baby. We only suggested perhaps a bit of modesty. I truly regret that is caused discomfort to some women."
The idea of "modesty" makes me want to tear my eyes out, particularly when you're talking about a woman who puts Star "Booberella" Jones on TV 5 days a week. Which reminds me: one thing that's bugged me about the whole View fallout is that BW, rather than Star, seems to be getting all the attention--when really, in my mind, Star's comments were far more offensive and damaging (breastfeeding is "gross"; formula is "just as good these days").
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