Overview
- During an Oct. 24 appearance on Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime, Kid Rock used the R-word while holding a face mask as the host laughed.
- In an open letter, Special Olympics chief inspiration officer Loretta Claiborne wrote that the slur deeply harms people with intellectual disabilities and asked him to acknowledge the hurt.
- Claiborne invited Kid Rock to speak with her, offering a conversation aimed at learning and promoting respect and inclusion.
- As of Thursday, news outlets reported that Kid Rock had not publicly responded to the letter.
- Coverage places the episode within Special Olympics’ ongoing efforts to end casual use of the slur and notes Kid Rock’s history of controversial language.