The Birthday Gift Kid Rock Got From Bud Light Manufacturer

Kid Rock revealed on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that he acquired 100 instances of Bud Light from producer Anheuser-Busch for his birthday this previous 12 months.

That could seem odd as Rock’s capturing up instances of Bud Light together with his machine gun final 12 months turned one among 2023’s extra viral moments, however it is also a part of the lengthy unusual journey that now sees the musician calling for followers to maneuver on after final 12 months’s dustup over the beer firm’s use of trans activist Dylan Mulvaney in a promotional marketing campaign.

In reality, Rock says he is turn out to be pals and partied with the CEO of Anheuser-Busch and he instructed Rogan that the “smart asses” on the firm restocked his provide of Bud Light as a birthday present.

Kid Rock’s Relationship With Bud Light

Last fall, Kid Rock defined throughout an look on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program that he had by no means known as for a boycott of Bud Light after his video went viral and that he had really spoken to the CEO of Anheuser-Busch in regards to the preliminary incident that had triggered a few of the backlash in opposition to the corporate over their use of a trans activist in promotion.

Rock revealed on the time that his introduction to CEO Brendan Ball Whitworth got here whereas attending a UFC occasion, and that that they had an awesome dialog.

During his look on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Rock revealed that that they had since turn out to be pleasant, had partied collectively and that he feels that his message was acquired and that he does not need to see any additional ills come to the corporate.

“I met that dude, the CEO. We’ve become friends,” Rock instructed Rogan of Whitworth.

“He’s a great guy,” continued Rock, revealing that he was inspired by Donald Trump to talk to him whereas they have been on the UFC struggle. “So we go over and talk and actually have a great conversation. And at some point he was telling me how he got the video, and he was actually somewhere down in Texas doing some hunting. And we talk and talk and I’m not going to share all the conversation as that would probably be inappropriate, but I’m like, ‘Dude, you seem like someone I’d fucking be friends with and want to hang out with.’ And he’s like, ‘I would, that’s what I’m saying.’ So I’m like, ‘Come to Nashville. Come visit me.’ He fucking did.”

“He came with his top team. We broke bread. Got fucked up on Bud Light and fucking bowled and all this fun shit,” stated Rock. They additionally spoke about alternatives for Rock to work with the corporate, however the musician says finally he did not really feel proper taking a company deal, particularly one that may change how folks would possibly view him.

That stated, he is remained pleasant with the Whitworth and located the humor when an Anheuser-Busch truck rolled up with 100 instances for his birthday.

“It’s fucking hilarious. Cause my friends have been bringing it over, shoving it in my golf bag ever since I did what we call Machine Gun Gate. They’re fucking with me at everything I go to. Someone is always doing, ‘Bud Light this, Bud Light that,'” says Rock.

“You want to see fucking confused people? We get done playing pickelball or something, and I’m like, ‘Hey, you guys take a couple of cases of Bud Light if you want.’ And they take them in this room and they’re fucking stacked [sky high] and they’re like, ‘What the fuck, dude?’ And I’m like, ‘It’s a long fucking story, man.'”

What Kid Rock Said About His Machine Gunning the Bud Light Cases

Within the chat with Rogan, Rock addressed the now well-known video, admitting to the podcast host, “Man I was just having fun, to be honest with ya. I was pissed, but it wasn’t like it was going to wreck my day yet alone my life. I was just kind of like, ‘What the fuck are they doing?'”

He later added, “Honest to god, I was having a lot of fucking fun. I don’t get to pull my machine gun out and film myself doing cool shit too often. I’m just not that type of person. I was just like, ‘THIS WARRANTS IT RIGHT HERE.’ Get all the Bud Light on property. That was actually all the beer on property. I kept more of that shit around than I thought.”

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Where Kid Rock Stands With Bud Light Now

Reflecting on his preliminary posting to now assembly with the corporate and attending to know what they’re about, Rock says he is able to see the backlash in opposition to Bud Light fade.

“I go from the outside looking in guys, as a friend and someone who doesn’t want to see this brand hurt and destroyed anymore, you got smacked in the ass. You got a pretty hard spanking, but I don’t want to hold your head underwater and drown this fucking company and put people out of work and that shit,” says Rock. “You got the message. And I wish people knew these guys running the company cause they’re great fucking guys.”

He goes on so as to add, “But I said if just a percentage of these fucking trolls – on the left and on the right – like, I’m so empowered by the Internet. I’m going to piss and bitch and moan and I have a voice …. go fuck yourself. Cut it out. For anyone still spending time on this, you’re clearly fucking bored. Go find something better to do.”