The Special Olympics called on singer-songwriter Kid Rock to reject the "R-word" after he said it during a nationally televised appearance on Fox News.

Loretta Claiborne, chief inspiration officer for the Special Olympics — the world's largest sporting organization for people with intellectual disabilities — addressed Rock's use of the slur in an open letter shared earlier this week.

Claiborne's letter comes after the "American Bad Ass" and "All Summer Long" singer joked that he was going to be a "r-----" in a medical mask for Halloween while on Fox News' "Jesse Waters Primetime" on Friday.

"The R-Word deeply demeans and harms people with intellectual disabilities," Claiborne wrote. "I’m writing to you personally with an urgent request: please acknowledge the hurt caused and use this

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