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Bud Light disables comments on 'countrified' YouTube ad in wake of Dylan Mulvaney fiasco
2023-05-02
[NYPOST] Bud Light posted a "countrified’ YouTube ad that showed young beer drinkers frolicking in the rain at a country music festival — but has disabled user comments amid continued backlash over its sponsorship deal with Dylan Stench of Death Mulvaney
...the transexual influencer who single-handedly trashed a major American beer brand owned by a Belgian company, tainted Maybelline, and then demanded that anybody who called him/her/it a man be arrested...
The 30-second ad — which kicks off a major advertising blitz by the beer giant in the wake of its ill-fated tie-up with the 26-year-old transgender influencer — first aired during prime time coverage of the NFL Draft last week on Disney-owned ABC and ESPN.

The spot shows four people — a man and three women apparently in their early-to-mid 20s — popping open a can of Bud Light as they rush to get out of the rain.

While the actors scurry for cover though what looks like a mountainous outdoor venue in the Western US, a song by the Zac Brown Band is heard playing in the background.

"Rain or shine, it’s always easy to enjoy a Bud Light," the company said in the caption of the YouTube clip.

As of Monday, the clip generated more than 26 million views, but just 272 likes. Notably, the comments section under the YouTube clip was turned off.

Meanwhile,
...back at the hanging, Butch continued with his last words, trying not to repeat himself too often......
Bud Light continued to face heat on Twitter for the deal with Mulvaney, a transgender influencer with 10 million followers on social media.

"A commercial that shows cowboys & cowgirls at a rodeo where it’s started to pour down rain while the Zac Brown Band plays ’Chicken Fried’ is Bud Light’s latest commercial. Real smart, piss off that demographic, then cynically try to lure them back with this. Don’t fall for it," one Twitter user wrote.

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Bud Light: 2023-04-27 Bud Light collab with Dylan Mulvaney 'failed massively.' Really.
Posted by:Fred

#8  As its been pointed out, Michelobe is an A/B product.

InBev also does Corona and Modelo lines.

BTW, the only reason the very forgettable Chicken Fry wasn't, is it was played every 10 minutes. Kind of like InBev products.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-05-02 20:55  

#7  And I see that weekly Bud Light sales are now donw 26% year over year.

Business schools will be (or should be) studying this for some time.
Posted by: Tom   2023-05-02 19:22  

#6  Made by bots. Hated by bots.

Three gals and a vegetarian in western cosplay in what looks like a generated cowboy themed Renn Fest looking up and letting the sky go all over their faces.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-05-02 19:01  

#5  Hahahah - When they disable comments, that means we are winning.
Posted by: mossomo   2023-05-02 12:53  

#4  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgOIEGz7o_s
Posted by: 746   2023-05-02 12:31  

#3  Sounds like even the bots are not supporting the commercial.272 is a low number of likes. You would think they could “encourage” more than 272 employees to like the ad.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-05-02 12:27  

#2  A commercial as bland as the drink.

Fake set. Fake people. Fake beer.
Bud Light.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-05-02 10:23  

#1  Yeah,
nope.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-05-02 00:29  

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