NASCAR’s Kasey Kahne apologizes for breast-feeding tweet

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NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne committed a huge faux pas Tuesday when he tweeted a disparaging comment after witnessing a woman breast-feeding in a supermarket.

Kahne tweeted: ‘Just walking though supermarket. See a mom breast feeding little kid. Took second look because obviously I was seeing things. I wasn’t!’

He then described what he saw in graphic detail followed by #nasty. Kahne added: ‘I don’t feel like shopping anymore or eating.’

Unsurprisingly, he received a flood of angry tweets from his more than 100,000 followers.

@meadowgirl wrote: ‘@kaseykahne you’re nasty. glad to know you are living up to every negative NASCAR stereotype. #boobsarefoodforbabie’

@Jaime0211 chimed in: ‘@kaseykahne oh you’re opening up your self to some posses off mothers. Don’t you think that baby deservered to eat?’

Kahne, a 31-year-old who finished the year fourth in the NASCAR standings, apologized Wednesday by posting this to his account: ‘I understand that my comments regarding breastfeeding posted on Twitter were offensive to some people ... I wanted to apologize for saying what I said to you yesterday. It was out of line. If you want to talk more please DM me.’

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