Ever since Garth Brooks dared to say in a recent interview that he would serve Bud Light in his bar, folks have been losing their minds on social media.
There are plenty of people on Twitter who swear they are burning CDs, deleting downloads and will never listen to the country music star again. Many more are praying for the downfall of his bar, “Friends in Low Places Bar and Honky Tonk,” which he reportedly plans on opening soon.
Brooks has heard the noise and he is unbothered by it all.
“We did an interview with Melinda Newman from Billboard, and from that came quite a little bit of a stir,” Brooks said during “Inside Studio G.”
“So let’s … address two things on it. One is diversity. Inclusiveness. That’s me. That’s always been me. We got the same kind of thing on ‘We Shall Be Free,’ people wanting to burn our stuff, and I get it.
“Everybody’s got their opinions,” he continued. “But inclusiveness is always going to be me. I think diversity is the answer to the problems that are here and the problems that are coming. So I love diversity. All-inclusive, so all are welcome. I understand that might not be other people’s opinions, but that’s OK, man. They have their opinions, they have their beliefs, I have mine.”
Brooks wasn’t through.
“Second thing, though,” he continued. “Let’s talk about being a bar owner. I’m a bar owner now. Are we going to have the most popular beers in this thing? Yes. That’s not our call if we don’t or not. It’s the patrons’ call — the bosses, right? Bring ‘em in there.
“If they don’t want it, then I go to the distributor and say, ‘Man, your stuff’s not selling.’ And then action gets taken. But the truth is, it’s those people in those seats that make those decisions, and that’s what ‘Friends in Low Places’ is going to be.”
Brooks triggered the folks who were boycotting Bud Light after its partnership with trans-influencer Dylan Mulvaney by saying that his bar would “serve every brand of beer,” during that Billboard interview.
“Our thing is this, if you (are let) into this house, love one another,” he said. “If you’re an (expletive), there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway.”
He continued that line of thought in his most recent interview.
“Here’s the deal, man,” he said. “If you want to come to ‘Friends in Low Places,’ come in. Come in with love. Come in with tolerance, patience. Come in with an open mind, and it’s cool. And if you’re not one of those people who just can’t do that, I get it. If you are one of those people who wants to try, come! Let’s have some fun. I don’t know how to explain it any better than that.”
Garth Brooks and is wife, fellow country music singer Trisha Yearwood, have a combined net worth of $400 million, according to Celebritynetworth.com. The site estimates that Brooks is worth $300 million to $350 million alone.
