Ice-T is defending his wife, Coco Austin, after she got slammed for still occasionally breastfeeding their nearly 4-year-old daughter, Chanel, for comfort.
“They make it like the baby only … breastfeeds,” Ice, 61, told TMZ on Wednesday when questioned about backlash over Coco’s recent Instagram post on the subject. “Every once in a while, you know what I’m saying, she wants to get close to her mom, that’s what they do.”
“She eats food, she eats f–king cheeseburgers,” he added.
On Instagram over the weekend, Coco posted a photo of her nursing Chanel on a private plane, and detailed her struggles with breastfeeding when her daughter was born. But the model said she “hung in there and now almost 4 years later Chanel still wants the boob ..Its more of a comfort thing now and of course she eats regular but nap time and night time are our time and I’m lucky she hasn’t grown out it yet because when that moment comes I will be so sad.”
Coco’s post went viral and attracted a barrage of negative comments, in addition to a number of supportive and positive messages.
The “Law & Order: SVU” star, 61, and Coco, 40, wed in 2005. Chanel turns 4 years old in November.