Miller Lite, one of America’s top-selling beers, has pulled down a controversial advert it published in March in honor of Women’s History Month, after the video sparked a backlash, with users accusing the brand of going “woke”.
The host of the video, actress Ilana Glazer, started off by stating that women were the first to ever brew beer and accused the industry of not paying women their proper due.
“Centuries later, how did the industry pay homage to the founding mothers of beer? They put us in bikinis. Wow”, Glazer narrates, walking through a room full of old Miller Lite ads.
“Today, Miller Lite is on a mission to clean up not just their sh*t, but the whole beer industry’s sh*t”, she continues, explaining that the company would be buying fertilizer and giving it to female brewers.
“Here’s to women”, she toasts, raising a can of Miller Lite and proclaiming that “Without us, there would be no beer”.
All I can say is “holy shit”!
Although the clip was posted over two months ago, the video has drawn a lot of negative attention in recent days, with many accusing Miller Lite of, as one user put it, “joining the woke cult” and of failing to understand its core customer base.
In an apparent response to the backlash, Miller Lite deleted the video from all its social media platforms.
However, in a statement to New York Post on Monday, a spokesperson for Molson Coors, which own the brand, attempted to defend the campaign.
“This video was about two things: worm poop and saying women shouldn’t be forced to mud wrestle in order to sell beer. Neither of these things should be remotely controversial and we hope beer drinkers can appreciate the humor (and ridiculousness) of this video from back in March”, the spokesperson said.
Next time, before you open your mouth, kindly bring along your brain! Only then, will you talk sense!
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