The Special Olympics is making a plea with Kid Rock after the musician said the R-word during a live television broadcast.

Chief Inspiration Officer Loretta Claiborne penned an open letter to Kid Rock after he used the slur while telling Jesse Watters what he was going as for Halloween during an Oct. 24 appearance on Fox News.

“I watched with deep concern your recent appearance on Fox News with Jesse Watters, where you mentioned you were going to be a ‘retard’ for Halloween,” Claiborne wrote.

“The R-Word deeply demeans and harms people with intellectual disabilities,” she continued. “I’m writing to you personally with an urgent request: please acknowledge the hurt caused and use this moment to stand with us in rejecting that word and the prejudice it represents.”

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