Video of Country Music Artist Shading Bud Light Amid Controversy Goes Viral
Bud Light debate, by changing the lyrics to one of his best-known songs.The 34-year-old performed at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday when he remixed the lyrics to his hit, "I Wish Grandpas Never Died."Prominent conservatives said they would boycott Bud Light after it partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Bud Light sent Mulvaney a personalized can of beer with her face on it to celebrate the one-year anniversary of beginning her gender transition.Instead of singing "I wish coolers never run out of cold Bud Light," Green instead replaced the beer brand with Coors Light.The video of the moment was posted to Twitter by lawyer Rogan O'Handley and has had almost one million views over the weekend."When @RileyGreenMusic sang his hit song "I Wish Grandpa's Never Died" last night, he changed the lyrics a bit The new line is "and coolers never ran out of cold Coors Light" instead of Bud Light The crowd goes nuts," O'Handley captioned the post.When @RileyGreenMusic sang his hit song “I Wish Grandpa’s Never Died” last night, he changed the lyrics a bitThe new line is “and coolers never ran out of cold Coors Light” instead of Bud LightThe crowd goes nutspic.twitter.com/4sDkqQ5pAHGreen joins a number of country music stars including Travis Tritt and Kid Rock to slam Bud Light for its relationship with Mulvaney.Tritt vowed to have all beverage brands owned by Anheuser-Busch removed from his summer tour rider, even though he performed at the Two Step Inn festival over the weekend which included Busch Light, another Anheuser-Busch brand, as a major partner.
