POPULAR beer franchise Bud Light is facing backlash after partnering with trans activist and influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Among those who have protested is Kid Rock and now fans want to know why he has beef with Mulvaney, who uses she/her and they/them pronouns.
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Dylan Mulvaney and Kid Rock beef explained
In April 2023, Dylan Mulvaney took to Instagram to show off her newest collaboration with Bud Light- a can that features the influencer dressed as Audrey Hepburn’s character in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
“This month I celebrated my 365 days of womanhood and Bud Light sent me possibly the best gift ever — a can with my face on it,” Mulvaney said in the video.
After Mulvaney posted the clip, conservatives quickly slammed the beer brand and claimed that they were trying to push “gender propaganda,” according to the New York Post.
“Is the Bud Light thing an April Fool’s joke?” conservative radio host Erick Erickson asked on Twitter.
“I mean it is trash beer, but given the constituent demo of Bud Light drinkers, it seems like a terrible marketing thing.”
Kid Rock also protested the partnership by posting a video of himself online shooting several cases of Bud Light with a rifle.
“Grandpa is feeling a little frisky today. Let me say something to all of you and be as clear and concise as possible,” he said in the clip before he opened fire on the cans.
“F*** Bud Light and f*** Anheuser-Busch,” he added while wearing a MAGA hat.
Has Dylan Mulvaney responded to Kid Rock’s video?
At this time, Mulvaney has not responded to Kid Rock’s video or the other backlash, but a company spokesperson told Fox News that the cans with Mulvaney’s face on them were a personal gift, noting that they are “not for sale to the general public.”
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“Anheuser-Busch works with hundreds of influencers across our brands as one of many ways to authentically connect with audiences across various demographics and passion points,” the spokesperson said.
“From time to time, we produce unique commemorative cans for fans and for brand influencers, like Dylan Mulvaney. This commemorative can was a gift to celebrate a personal milestone and is not for sale to the general public.”
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Who is Dylan Mulvaney?
Mulvaney is an actress, comedian, and influencer who rose to fame on TikTok in 2022 after she began detailing her gender transition in daily videos.
Since joining the platform, the University of Cincinnati alum has gained over 10.8million followers and received over 441million likes.
Outside of social media, she is known for her roles in Awkwardness, The Honest Show, and Love Not Likes.
Mulvaney came out as transgender in March 2022, but in a 2023 interview with Variety, she explained that she has known since she was a kid.
“I came out to my mom at [age] 4. I told her, ‘I’m a girl.’ We were very, very religious so she was like, ‘God doesn’t make mistakes.’ But I didn’t know that I could transition. I didn’t know that there were options or resources,” Mulvaney explained.
“The first true nonbinary person that I grew close to was E.R. Fightmaster, who plays a really beloved character on Grey’s Anatomy. We met doing a comedy improv show at UCB. I was enamored by them… Just to watch someone so confidently, there was some swagger there in this, like, ‘I know who I am.’ I wanted that so desperately.
“I’m just really grateful that that was my first person I had met. Trans people really are some of the most important people you can have during a transition because at first, I think I was coveting the approval of cis women so desperately that I lost sight of the community that really matters and that I really want to represent, which is trans people, especially trans-feminine people,” Mulvaney added.
While Mulvaney might come from a “very religious” family, she revealed that she and her mom and now “BBFs” who “fight like sisters.”
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