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Brittany Cartwright clapped back at President Donald Trump over his claims about Tylenol leading to autism. She accused Trump of “misinformation,” as her ex-co-star Stassi Schroeder reacted.
On The Valley, Brittany has addressed how her son (who she shares with estranged husband Jax Taylor) was diagnosed with autism. During a recent presidential speech, Trump said that virtually no autism is found in communities like the Amish, who “don’t take vaccines” or pills. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, stated that there are multiple studies that suggest this.
In the comments of a video of his speech, shared by PEOPLE on Instagram, Brittany revealed her reaction.
“Autism was recorded before Tylenol was ever invented,” said Brittany. “There are many children on the spectrum who never had vaccines or whose mothers didn’t take Tylenol while pregnant. The word ‘virtually’ is used many times here because there are obviously still cases of autism in those communities as well.”
“I am thankful autism is being looked into and hopefully someday we can learn more,” Brittany continued, “but our children are wonderful and deserve better than misinformation by our own government.”
Stassi reacted with clapping-hands emojis.
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During the speech, Trump claimed that autism has risen significantly in recent years.
“[The FDA is] strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary,” said the president at the time, via BBC.com. “That’s, for instance, in cases of extremely high fever.”
He went on to say, “Don’t take Tylenol. There’s no downside. Don’t take it. You’ll be uncomfortable. It won’t be as easy, maybe. But don’t take it if you’re pregnant. Don’t take Tylenol, and don’t give it to the baby after the baby is born.”
Back in April, Brittany slammed RFK Jr.’s comments about autism.
“He said that autism destroys families,” said Brittany, via E! News. “He listed a bunch of things that kids with autism or people on the spectrum in general do not do. And that really upset me because the autism spectrum is so broad.”
“[He said they’ll] never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date … But that is not everybody.”