{"id":69818,"date":"2023-06-16T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/garth-brooks-bud-light-controversy-country-singer-refuses-to-bow-down-to-critics-69818"},"modified":"2023-06-16T11:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:43:00","slug":"garth-brooks-bud-light-controversy-country-singer-refuses-to-bow-down-to-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/garth-brooks-bud-light-controversy-country-singer-refuses-to-bow-down-to-critics-69818","title":{"rendered":"Garth Brooks&#8217; Bud Light controversy: Country singer refuses to bow down to critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/garth-brooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garth Brooks<\/a> is continuing to take a stand against critics who have slammed his decision to sell Bud Light beer at his new Nashville bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think if you know Garth Brooks, no matter how long you&#8217;ve known him, always been inclusive. We&#8217;re going to need each other, trust me,&#8221; Brooks said during an interview with &#8220;Entertainment Tonight&#8221; on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, I think that diversity, inclusiveness, I think what you find is our differences are our greatest strengths.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/garth-brooks-will-sell-bud-light-doubles-down-decision-beer-bar-love-diversity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GARTH BROOKS WILL SELL BUD LIGHT, DOUBLES DOWN ON DECISION TO HAVE BEER AT BAR: &#8216;I LOVE DIVERSITY&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 61-year-old made these comments after he previously doubled down on his decision to serve Bud Light at his bar, Friends in Low Places, amid the months-long controversy surrounding the Anheuser-Busch-owned company.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved country icon also spoke about his hopes for his new Nashville bar and what customers can expect at his upcoming establishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/john-rich-reacts-garth-brooks-decision-sell-every-brand-beer-amid-bud-light-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>JOHN RICH REACTS TO GARTH BROOKS&#8217; DECISION TO SELL &#8216;EVERY BRAND OF BEER&#8217; AMID BUD LIGHT DRAMA<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know this sounds corny,&#8221; Brooks said in an interview with Billboard. &#8220;I want it to be the Chick-fil-A of honky-tonks\u2026 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: JOHN RICH REACTS TO GARTH BROOKS&#8217; DECISION TO SELL \u2018EVERY BRAND OF BEER\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And yes, we\u2019re going to serve every brand of beer. We just are. It\u2019s not our decision to make. Our thing is this, if you [are let] into this house, love one another. If you\u2019re an a&#8211;hole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brooks&#8217; bar will be located in Nashville\u2019s South Broadway District, and he remains steadfast in having Bud Light stocked at the venue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/garth-brooks-controversies-bud-light-drama-follows-super-bowl-walk-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GARTH BROOKS CONTROVERSY: BUD LIGHT DRAMA FOLLOWS SUPER BOWL WALKOUT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Brooks addressed the media &#8220;stir,&#8221; sharing that the core of his decision was based on staying true to himself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get it, everybody\u2019s got their opinions. But inclusiveness is always going to be me. I think diversity is the answer to the problems that are here and the answer to the problems that are coming. So I love diversity. All-inclusive, so all are welcome,&#8221; he told Billboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand that might not be other people\u2019s opinions, but that\u2019s OK, man. They have their opinions; they have their beliefs. I have mine,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy with the beer company surrounds its decision to collaborate with transgender activist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/after-bud-light-fight-dylan-mulvaney-calls-brands-develop-more-trans-partnerships-realize-my-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actress Dylan Mulvaney.<\/a> The partnership was promoted on social media, with Mulvaney sharing the &#8220;Easy Carry Contest&#8221; to her TikTok, leading to entertainers and politicians calling for a ban of the beer.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Caroline Thayer contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/garth-brooks-bud-light-controversy-country-singer-refuses-bow-down-critics\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/garth-brooks-bud-light-controversy-country-singer-refuses-bow-down-critics <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garth Brooks is continuing to take a stand against critics who have slammed his decision to sell Bud Light beer at his new Nashville bar.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-69818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Garth Brooks&#039; 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