Baltimore — The wife of Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich made an “inadvertent figure of speech” when she said she would shoot pop singer Britney Spears if she had the chance, her spokeswoman said Tuesday.
While speaking at a domestic violence conference at Hood College in Frederick, Kendal Ehrlich said it is important for women to get as much education as possible to avoid becoming dependent on anyone else.
“It is incredibly important to get that message to young women. You know, really, if I had an opportunity to shoot Britney Spears, I think I would,” Ms. Ehrlich said Friday.
Her spokeswoman, Meghann Siwinski, said Ms. Ehrlich is a working mother raising a young son and she made an inadvertent comment while expressing her concerns about the influence of pop culture on children.
Jive Records, the New York-based label that represents Spears, said in an e-mailed statement that Ms. Ehrlich had “shot her own self in the foot by promoting violence.”
