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Michelle Branch shares more than you'd expect a celebrity would online—and no shade implied. Her openness is a breath of fresh air compared to other celebs who lock down their social media to just promotional tweets, and her coming forward about being scolded for breastfeeding her baby in public is a perfect example.
"I just got shamed by another mother (who was holding her own young infant!) for nursing my 6 week old baby on a bench at a playground while my toddler was playing [mind blown emoji] She said I wasn't "being modest" I am in shock that this kind of judgement was coming from a fellow mom!" Branch wrote on Tuesday afternoon.
"...and to clarify, I had a nursing tank top on and was seated away from others. It's not like I walked into the crowd and whipped my t*** out. Being a mom is hard enough. Can we not judge one another for how we feed our babies?" she added.
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But not everyone says she should be this open. Fleetwood Mac singer and musical icon Stevie Nicks once told Branch to keep her personal life a little more under wraps, according to an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
"I actually got reprimanded by Stevie Nicks, who was like, 'You're sharing too much! You need to leave an air of mystery.' I'm not even joking," Branch told the outlet in 2011. But over a decade later, she still hasn't followed that advice, much to her fans' joy.
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She explained at the time that part of her motivation was to correct misinformation.
"One thing that's hard for me about being in the public eye is hearing misconceptions about yourself. I suppose I could be a big girl and ignore stuff, but it just drives me nuts. Twitter is an easy way for people to get an idea of who I really am," she said.
Branch also said that her label started her Twitter, and though she didn't know what Twitter was initially, she was upset when she saw it her account looked like "a giant ad."
"Now I'm on there so much, my daughter will walk into the room and say, 'Mom, are you on Twitter again?' 'Yes, I am,'" she said.
Though she's known for being outspoken, her post calling out the mom who shamed her for breastfeeding in public was her first post in over a month. It appears that Lil Nas X isn't the only musician returning to social media from "maternity leave," as her previous posts, made February 3, announced the birth of her new daughter with husband Patrick Carney of the rock band The Black Keys.
Her last post prior to this one as a reply to RuPaul's Drag Race alumnus and singer/songwriter Trixie Mattel.
"Congrats diva! I'm ready for wine mom michelle to come back," Mattel wrote.
"Wine mom? I'm ready for margarita mom," Branch jokingly replied.
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