Mila Kunis Says She's Been Shamed for Breastfeeding in Public
"If it’s not for you, don’t look."
— -- Mila Kunis says she's received "shameful" looks for breastfeeding in public, and it was an uncomfortable feeling.
The actress -- who has a 21-month-old daughter, Wyatt, with husband Ashton Kutcher, and is pregnant with her second child -- told Vanity Fair at the New York premiere of her movie "Bad Moms" this week that she "literally breastfed [Wyatt] everywhere."
“There were many times where I didn’t bring a cover with me, and so I just did it in a restaurant, in the subway, in the park, at airports, and in planes," Kunis said. "Why did I do it in public? Because I had to feed my child. She’s hungry. I need to feed her whether it’s out of a bottle or out of my boob no matter where I was.”
She said strangers would give her dirty looks, which made her and Kutcher "feel a little weird."
“It took us a little back because people actually looked at us in a shameful [way], and we were like, ‘Oh my God,’ because it’s so not a sexual act," she said. "It didn’t matter to me what other people thought. That’s what I chose to do, but I think it’s unfortunate that people are so hard on women who choose to do it and do it in public."
She said she respects the "opinions on both sides," but advises, "If it’s not for you, don’t look."
You can see Kunis in "Bad Moms" when it opens July 29.