Kid Rock started the whole Bud Light boycott without even calling for a boycott.
Instead, it fired cases of beer after its parent, Anheuser-Busch InBev (OUTBREAK) – Get a free report, teamed up with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney. The beverage company sent Mulvaney beer cans with her face on them to celebrate her first year as a woman.
It was an attempt to get more members of the LGBTQ+ community to drink Bud Light. Rock highlighted the video of him sharing how he felt about the company and its beer.
“Fuck Bud Light and fuck Anheuser-Busch. Have a fantastic day,” he said.
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At the time, it wasn’t clear exactly why Rock was so upset. Didn’t he want to drink a beer that transgender people also drink? Did he think that Mulvaney was now the spokesperson for Bud Light and he didn’t want to be associated with that by drinking beer? (A few months after the video, he was seen drinking a Bud Light.)
Rock appeared on Fox News’ “Hannity” with host Sean Hannity to explain what made him so upset about the once-popular beer brand.
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Kid Rock explains his position on Bud Light
Hannity asked Rock about a recent trip to a UFC event at Madison Square Garden. At the event, Rock was seen with UFC President Dana White and former President Donald Trump.
The singer shared a story about how he spoke with someone who may or may not have been Anheuser-Busch CEO Michel Doukeris.
“And someone walks up (let’s say) like the CEO of Anheuser-Busch, who’s right behind you,” Rock told Hannity.
“So I went to the POTUS. I said, hey, that’s the CEO of Anheuser-Busch. Trump said, ‘Do you want to go talk to him?’ I said, ‘Yes, I do.’ So he and I Come on, we actually had a great conversation,” Rock shared.
Because, you know, if you put this in context, why did it start? It’s like, you know, I told him that night, I go, you signal to a lot of people like me, like-minded people, to put the trans thing aside for a minute, right?
I thought, but by sending that can to the trans kid, you are signaling to us, you are supporting this lifestyle, and most importantly, like if men are in women’s sports or in my granddaughter’s locker room, most of us draw a hard line. there. No no no no no. How about… what are you doing?
So Rock fears that sending a can of beer to Dylan Mulvaney with his face on it (Anheuser-Busch’s effort to be inclusive) was sending a broader political message. The singer also seems unclear about the fact that a transgender person like Mulvaney is, in most of the United States, legally a woman and not a man.
Currently, all US states except Kansas allow people to change the gender marker on their driver’s license. Eight states require proof of surgery to do so, while 22 states allow people to make the switch without any certification from a healthcare provider using easy-to-understand forms. MapLGBT.org shared.
About half of US states also allow license selection to include an “X” along with an “M” or “F” for non-binary people. More than half (26) of U.S. states allow transgender people to change their birth certificates without court orders or gender reassignment surgery, while only five prohibit such a change.
Rock does have some sympathy.
While Rock may not have any empathy for transgender people, he does sympathize with the workers who have lost their jobs due to Bud Light’s declining sales.
“The guys who work in the factory, the guys who load the trucks. They’re not the ones who did that stupid thing, you know? They didn’t have any dogs in this fight. It’s really funny,” he told Fox News. -talk show host.
Rock made it clear that he never called for a boycott of Bud Light. He also expressed his willingness to forgive the brand, which has become a sponsor of the UFC.
“As a God-fearing man, as a Christian, yes, I have to believe in forgiveness. They made a mistake, okay. What do you want? Hold their heads under water, drown them and put an end to people’s jobs? I don’t do it.” do”. “I don’t want to do that,” he added.
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