Pink Calmly Explains Why It's Weird To Shame Women For Breastfeeding In Public
It’s no secret Pink is riding the #NormalizeBreastfeeding train. The singer has posted several photos of herself nursing her kids on Instagram.
Appearing on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Wednesday, Pink opened up about the public perception of breastfeeding. “It’s such a weird thing that people have such strong opinions about breastfeeding. It’s a child, and it needs to eat,” DeGeneres said.
“Strong opinions about things that don’t affect their life at all,” Pink responded. “I’m feeding my kid. Would you rather him scream? Because he’s very capable of that, too.”
The host also gave her guest a special Ellen-branded breast pump system.
Pink and her husband, Carey Hart, have two kids, 6-year-old Willow and 8-month-old Jameson. During the interview, the singer also talked about her empowering VMAs speech about teaching her daughter to love herself.
She told a story about Willow saying she felt like the “ugliest girl in the world” because she looks “like a boy with long hair.” Pink said in her speech that she then made a PowerPoint presentation of legendary rock stars who embraced their individuality and didn’t try to conform to society’s expectations around looks.
Appearing on “Ellen,” however, Pink confessed that her husband corrected her after the VMAs and informed her she’d made a Word document, not a PowerPoint.
Still, her message remained the same: Live your truth.
“It doesn’t feel good to hear mean things about yourself, but if you’re human you’re going to hear it,” Pink said. “If you’re past the age of 12 you will at some point be heartbroken by someone else. So, I’m just trying to make her more resilient.”
During her time on the show, Pink also shared Willow’s thoughts on going to the VMAs, discussed her “meatball” Jameson’s baby name, and played “Never Have I Ever” with DeGeneres and Reese Witherspoon.
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When she focused on what her body can do, not what it looks like.
“I’m a person who could always lose a couple here and there, but I would rather be strong than bony.” Pink told Who magazine in 2014. “Instead of thinking, ‘Am I skinny?’ I grew up thinking, ‘Am I fast enough? How can I use my body?'”
When she reminded people that she doesn't care what they think.
"I think people have gotten it wrong. They think their opinion matters and holds weight and I don't know where or why they're giving themselves so much credit you know?" Pink told told Entertainment Tonight in response to weight-shaming trolls. "So I thought it was important for me to remind them that I don't care. My life is full, I like food a lot and I really like to cook, I like to live, I find joy in that and we're doing alright in the Hart household."
When she reminded people that sexy is a state of mind, too.
"Sexy doesn't have to come with the price tag of being dumb," she told MTV in 2007.
When she shared what makes her feel beautiful.
"Hanging upside down and being physical makes me feel beautiful," Pink told Redbook in 2013. "Feeling beautiful to me is when I feel good in my leather pants and my husband grabs my ass. Or when I'm sitting on a mat and my daughter runs to me with complete joy. Beautiful has never been my goal. Joy is my goal -- to feel healthy and strong and powerful and useful and engaged and intelligent and in love. It's about joy. And there's such joy now."
When she dismissed claims that her body is "masculine."
![<p>"I get a lot of flak for [my body]," she told <a href="http://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/singer-pink?fullpage=1">Women's Health in 2009</a>. "That's where the masculine thing comes in, people saying it's not normal for a girl to have [abs]. But I'm OK with it. I think it's because I was a gymnast for eight years, from ages 4 to 12. My body was made before my bones were fully grown. Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses."</p>](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/g88kwDSTmbC3aWyZUm1KgA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MA--/https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/55e47faf1400002e002e47b3.jpg)
"I get a lot of flak for [my body]," she told Women's Health in 2009. "That's where the masculine thing comes in, people saying it's not normal for a girl to have [abs]. But I'm OK with it. I think it's because I was a gymnast for eight years, from ages 4 to 12. My body was made before my bones were fully grown. Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses."
When she took negative comments with a grain of salt.
In an August 2012 interview with Billboard, Pink talked about finding humor in mean comments about her appearance.
“I always read the responses from the fans,” she said. “It was 99 percent positive, but I’ll always have that 1 percent that’s negative. And my favorite comment was, ‘Too bad they can’t Photoshop the bitch off your face.’ That’s actually pretty good.”
When she dismissed criticism of her tattoos.
“I’m fine knowing I’m going to be 80 with all these tattoos," she told Dean Piper in 2012. "They’re all really meaningful."
When she spoke about empowering young women to love themselves.
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