NEW YORK -- Paparazzi have caught Britney Spears doing something else with her baby that's upsetting people.Front-page photos in both the New York Post and New York Daily News show Spears driving her convertible Mini-Cooper with her 8-month-old son Sean Preston in the back, sitting in a baby seat facing forward. Child safety advocates prefer that kids less than 1 year old sit in car seats facing backward.California officials said Spears won't be cited.
Each paper had similar headlines playing on the Spears' song "Oops, I Did It Again." Regis Philbin said on "Live With Regis and Kelly" that he thought it was a coincidence to have similar headlines. Kelly Ripa had to explain to him that it was the title of a Spears song.The BBC reported late Tuesday that Spears’ record label, Sony, had issued a statement which sought to explain that photo.In the statement, Sony BMG said state law required that "all children under the age of 6 or weighing less than 60 pounds be in safety seats in the back seat of the car."It also noted that rear-facing car seats were compulsory neither in California nor many other parts of the U.S.The statement explained that since Spears child weighs more than 20 pounds, and was fastened into a car seat, the singer had not broken any California laws.
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