Coco Austin continued to breastfeed her daughter until she was 6 years old.
Ice-T’s wife defended his “bonding experience” with Chanel, now 9, on Sunday’s episode of Bunny XO’s podcast “Dumb Blonde.”
“It wasn’t like I was feeding her because she needed food,” the 46-year-old explained to listeners over the weekend. “By the time she was one year old, she was able to eat solid foods well. … She just wanted to be around me.”
“It was mostly when she went to bed. (and) she wanted me to be there. So it was more like a comfort.”
That’s when the model decided: “If she wants to quit, I’ll let her quit.”
“She’s not going to be 16 on my breasts. She’s going to eventually realize that this is kind of weird and weird and stop.”
“And it happened around 6 o’clock,” Austin continued, acknowledging that this was a “very long time” for nursing.
Over the years, she’s heard “so many people love it,” but she fired back at the haters during an episode of her podcast.
“In Europe, they’re open until 7 o’clock,” she insisted. “Well, it’s nothing to them. We Americans think it’s weird. But as long as it’s just in your house, I think there’s nothing wrong with it, you know?”
As for “sexualizing” Austin’s breastfeeding journey, she added, “It’s not a big deal. It’s about the boobs.”
According to her mother, Chanel is still “still obsessed with boobs.”
“She’s always sitting on me or laying on me,” Austin explained. “It’s such an amazing moment, because when they’re teenagers, they’re not going to have anything like this. I love every moment we get to do with Chanel.”
Austin, who gave birth to a baby girl in November 2015, has defended the decision numerous times, as has Ice-T.
The “Law & Order: SVU” star, 67, told TMZ in 2019, “Sometimes… she wants to be closer to her mom, (and) her mom does that.”
The actor revealed, “She eats food. She eats fucking cheeseburgers.”
The pair have been married since 2002, and Austin attributes their relationship to success because she plays a “very submissive” role at home.
“That’s why this situation lasted, because we know our identity,” she said during a sit-down with Jelly Roll’s wife, telling other women to “stop trying to be bosses like that.”
