Read the following passage. Then answer the question that follows.

Due to Tai's braces, he wasn't permitted to eat gum or hard candy. Occasionally, Tai popped a piece of gum in his mouth. When his mom warned him of the possible danger chewing gum could do to his braces, Tai replied, "Did you know that the first braces were made from animal skin?"

What type of logical fallacy is the above passage?

A Ad hominem
B Ad populum
C Circular reasoning
D Red herring