Mothers who brought babies to 'Bad Moms' screening asked to leave, reports say

Brookynn Cahill was set to attend a showing of "Bad Moms," the new comedy starring Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis, on Friday evening with a large group of other Florida moms at a Fort Myers, Florida, theater, but according to her and other members of the group, they were forced to leave because of their children, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.

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According to Amber Cebull, one of the moms, there is a rule in place at Regal Cinemas that doesn’t allow children under the age of 6 into R-rated movies after 6 p.m., but "no one had communicated that children under 6 were not allowed in R-rated movies," she said. "We had breast-feeding moms with infants, one 4 weeks and one 7 months, and they refused them entry."

The mothers were the only two in the group with infants.

Cebull told WTSP the group was refunded the cost of the tickets.

Cahill told the News-Press that an employee singled out, along with another member of the group of around 50 women, Juliana Valverde, mentioning that there was a showing of a more kid-appropriate movie, “Ice Age: Collision Course,” playing in an hour.

"They made me feel like a terrible person for bringing my child," Cahill said.

Cahill said she and Valverde went back into the theater playing "Bad Moms." She said the manger told them to leave when they were caught.

"I think that they have a right to have their rules for their theater," Cahill said. "But I think it needs to be a little different with the age limit. Young babies are sleeping and being perfectly fine. If our babies are going to make a noise, we know how to handle this situation."

Valverde told the News Press that the manager also asked Valverde to “cover up” while she was breast-feeding in the theater. "I am very modest about breast-feeding and, because of the fact I was doing it, I was even more embarrassed. I always have a blanket to cover," she said.

"There's always people that are going to feel uncomfortable and they shouldn't," Valverde told WTVR. "I don't need anyone's approval to feed my baby."

The News-Press added that Florida is among the states “that allow women to breast-feed in any public or private place and exempts breast-feeding from public indecency laws.”

According to the News-Press, the group of women left the theater with Cahill and Valverde and got refunds for their tickets.

Two Fort Myers mothers were asked to leave a showing of "Bad Moms" because they brought their infants along to the...

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