In hot water. Bette Midler is facing controversy after a seemingly innocent motherhood suggestion prompted backlash amid the national formula shortage.“TRY BREAST-FEEDING,” the Hocus Pocus star, 76, tweeted on Thursday, May 12. “It’s free and available on demand.”Midler responded to MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle’s message earlier that day in which she broke down the trending news story.“The baby formula shortage reveals an amazing secret oligopoly: 3 American companies control over 90% of the [market], hugely restrictive regulations (thanks to big $ lobbying) prohibit foreign formulas,” Ruhle, 46, wrote via the social media platform. “Name another industry/sector/product like this.”Many new parents have found it increasingly difficult to find baby formula at retailers across the country, according to a CBS News report earlier this month, explaining that many bestselling products had been out of stock since April.
Attempting to ration what little supply they had, stores began limiting the amount of product a consumer could purchase at a time.While many parents have been searching for a way to feed their little ones, the Beaches actress attempted to offer a suggestion that many Twitter users disagreed with.“Not everyone is able to breast-feed for lots of reasons.
And even for those who can, it’s not easy or free,” one social media user wrote on Thursday.Another added: “Bette, respectfully, this is a very bad take.
I had twins. I didn’t produce enough milk for both. Without formula, I would have had to have chosen which one got to eat. To say nothing of kids that get separated from the birth mothers very young.”After Midler — who shares daughter Sophie Von Haselberg, 35, with husband Martin Von Haselberg — was hit with
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