Despite his vocal opposition to Bud Light, Kid Rock's Tennessee bar is still selling the beer, according to a Newsweek source.
Kid Rock was one of the first to publicly dismiss Bud Light and its parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev, filming a video of himself shooting crates of the drink with an assault rifle after the brand sent transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney a personalized beer can.
This reaction made it surprising to some when it was claimed in June that the Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N' Roll Steakhouse was still selling Bud Light. another social media user seemed to dismiss this with a viral video, saying it wasn't sold there, but a source has come forward to Newsweek, showing pictures of Bud Light being sold and drunk at Kid Rock's establishment.
As Newsweek understands, between June 9 and June 12 during the Country Music Association Festival (CMA Fest), Bud Light was being sold and drunk by patrons at Kid Rock's Nashville bar.
Newsweek has contacted Kid Rock and Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock 'N' Roll Steakhouse via email and social media for comment. We are still waiting on a reply to the claims.
At an outdoor venue, an ad for Kid Rock's Honky Tonk on a cooler box with an assortment of beers sat on top, including Bud Light. Twitter user @GeorgeDShearer shared his own proof on June 11 when shared similar pictures, including a Bud Light on a bar, and a picture of the menu, which still showed Bud Light as an option.
"I mentioned it to the waitress. She said they actually stopped selling it for a week right after [Kid Rock's video], then started selling it again," the customer at Kid Rock's bar told Newsweek.
"No one talked about it, and I didn't hear anyone giving the Bud Light drinkers any grief at all. Actually, no one really seemed to care about it," he said.
While the customer's account of Kid Rock's bar selling Bud Light was from earlier in June during the CMA Fest, another social media user has suggested the beer was being sold there in early July too.
"Tempted to ask for a Bud Light at the Kid Rock Bar," @klechner11 wrote on July 2. He followed this up with a picture of a man and an open cold bottle of Bud Light in front of him, "KENNY DID IT!!"
"I was in Nashville last week and visited Kid Rock bar. I saw people drinking Bud Light beer at the bar," the Twitter user @JohnNegron769 wrote on Tuesday July 4. "What was all this stuff that he would not sell Bud Light in his establishment."
A few days prior, another Twitter user @DonaldCapak said, "We're visiting Nashville and "YES" you can buy Bud Light at @KidRock bar. Unreal!" He included a picture outside the bar to prove he was there.
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