(The Sun) COUNTRY singer Garth Brooks has received backlash from fans after he said that his new bar will serve Bud Light amid the beer brand’s boycott.
Bud Light, and its parent company Anheuser-Busch, continue to face scrutiny from conservatives over its partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney.
Country singer Garth Brooks received backlash from fans after he said that his new bar will serve Bud Light amid the beer brand’s boycottCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Bud Light, and its parent company Anheuser-Busch, continue to face scrutiny from conservatives over its partnership with transgender activist Dylan MulvaneyCredit: Instagram/@dylanmulvaney
Brooks said his Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve ‘every brand of beer’ Credit: Google Maps
Celebrity business owners John Rich and Kid Rock have sided with conservatives, pulling Bud Light from their bars in Nashville, Tennessee.
But Brooks refused to follow suit, saying that Bud Light will be available to customers at his Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk, which is opening this summer in Nashville’s Lower Broadway district.
“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,” the singer told Billboard on Wednesday during a Country Live panel.
Brooks added: “And, yes, we’re going to serve every brand of beer. We just are. It’s not our decision to make.
“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 in Lower Broadway.”
Brooks’ comments sparked some intense reactions among his fans.
Robert Cornicelli, who went up against New York Representative Andrew Garbarino in a Republican primary last year, said that he would stop listening to Brooks’ music.
“Country music star @garthbrooks has no tolerance for Bud Light boycotters, calling them ‘a**holes’ and promising he will serve the beer brand in his new Nashville bar,” he tweeted.
“Now I delete every Garth Brooks song from my collection. NEVER AGAIN GARTH!”
“And I will never attend another one of his concerts.”