'Beer doesn't have a belief system': Whoopi Goldberg and The View co-hosts slam Anheuser-Busch for rolling out the Clydesdales as 'apology' for Dylan Mulvaney Bud Light shambles and says members of the LGBTQ community 'are Americans too'

Daily Mail UK ^ | April 17, 2023 | Sophie Mann

[Morgana]

Whoopi Goldberg today slammed Anheuser-Busch for backtracking on its Bud Light advertising campaign featuring trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

The View hosts claimed that the company's subsequent commercial for Budweiser using the famous Clydesdale horse galloping across the heartland was an attempt to to offer an apology to its outraged customer base.

'What are you so angry about? Beer does not have a - I mean, it's not a Democrat or a Republican. It doesn't have a belief system. It's just beer!' Whoopi said. The 67-year-old urged the brewer not to 'let them scare you' as she claimed America was not 'transphobic'.

Goldberg's co-host, progressive Sunny Hostin said it was offensive that the Clydesdale ad was presented in an attempt to ease some of the tension around the Mulvaney partnership.

'All of the sudden they get this backlash and their response is, 'Let's get the horses out!' And I was like, "Because horses are so much more American than trans people"', she said.

Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth struck a conciliatory tone Friday as he put out a statement on behalf of the company that said 'we never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people.'

'We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer,' Whitworth wrote in an open letter published on the company’s Twitter account.

It referred to the company’s 'history and heritage' in 'America’s heartland,' but never mentioned Mulvaney or the backlash specifically.

Hostin told her View co-hosts that people have branded Bud Light an 'American beer,' despite the owner - Anheuser-Busch - being a Belgian company.

She railed against the United States, saying that 'this country is highly transphobic.'

[posterchild]

It shouldn’t, but the few beer commercials I see seem to focus on non beer issues such as ‘lifestyle choithes’ or how ‘cold’ it is (my fridge or cellar’s responsibility), or other such nonsense. Tell me about your barley (or for inferior brands your rice), your hops, your yeast, or water. I’m not interested in how many horses you have or what caricatures your xy chromosomed spokesperson wants to parody.

[madison10]

Her parents gave her a nice name: Caryn. The names she uses are stage names.

[alexander_busek]

LOL, Who thinks it's a good idea to name someone after a fart joke device?

"Whoopi Goldberg" is a stage name which she chose for theatrical purposes.

Apparently, assuming a "Jewish-sounding" stage name struck her as a good idea at the time.

"Cultural appropriation," anyone?

Regards,

[dennisw]

What dumb women watch this show?
ANSWER: The kind that will take their children to a drag queen show.

[DAC21]

“this country is highly transphobic”

I hope so.

[Salman]

So now AB has pissed off their old customers AND their new customers.