Garth Brooks controversy: Bud Light drama follows Super Bowl walkout
16.06.2023 - 03:39
/ foxnews.com
Garth Brooks is a beloved country icon and performer with dozens of hits and millions of albums sold. But he's had his share of controversy throughout his multi-decade career. Most recently, Brooks drew backlash after he entered the fray about Bud Light and its partnership with transgender activist and TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney.
Brooks is opening a bar in Nashville later this summer, The Friends In Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk, and spoke about his plans for the bar in an interview with Billboard, which include selling "every brand of beer." "I want it to be a place you feel safe in. I want it to be a place where you feel like there are manners and people like one another. And, yes, we’re going to serve every brand of beer.
We just are. It’s not our decision to make," Brooks said during a panel for Billboard Country Live. "Our thing is this: If you [are let] into this house, love one another.
If you’re an a--hole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway." While some fans were supportive of Brooks, others were vocal in their disapproval of his comments and decision to sell Bud Light. "If you live in Tennessee, I recommend you never go to @garthbrooks new bar.They’re going to sell Bud Light and apparently he thinks we’re ‘a—holes’ if we don’t like it. Make sure all your friends know that," one person wrote on Twitter.
Another spoke of getting rid of a collection of Brooks’ music, noting, "My trash bin is full...I threw out everything that had Garth Brooks name on it." "I was a huge fan of yours back in the early nineties, before you fell into the trap of being a star...," a third wrote. 'It was always about your fans. Now, we're, 'a--holes' for boycotting Budweiser? Welcome to the boycott." Brooks has courted
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