While Bud Light is currently under fire for collaborating with trans actress and social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, netizens looked back at the brand’s February 2023 Super Bowl commercial featuring Miles Teller.
The beer-brewing company was back on the Super Bowl stage in February 2023 with their iconic team-up with the Top Gun: Maverick star Miles Teller and his wife, Keleigh Sperry. The collaboration marked a brand-new campaign for the light beer and the debut of its latest commercial, “Hold,” for the Super Bowl. “Hold” signaled a new era for the brand, as it was meant to reach 21+ fans in new ways.
In the commercial, Miles and Keleigh gave a sneak peek at their life at home, also featuring Bugsy, their French bulldog. The couple started dancing to hold music with cans of Bud Light in their hands as they endured a 56-minute wait to reach a customer service representative. The ad aired on February 12 during Super Bowl LVII.
Miles and Keleigh’s funny, goofy dance moves and those beer cans in the commercial perfectly portrayed how easy it is sometimes to enjoy these little moments in life.
Netizens reacted differently to Bud Light’s collaboration with Miles Teller
While talking about the Super Bowl ad, Alissa Heinerscheid, Bud Light’s Vice President of Marketing, said:
When the Super Bowl commercial featuring the 35-year-old Hollywood actor and his wife came out, the internet was happy, and many also said that they would start drinking the beer since Miles Teller promoted it.
Everyone cooed over the couple’s cute and funny dance moves and praised the brand for teaming up with them. Needless to say, the ad was well-received and loved by everyone.
However, a stark contrast was seen after social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney shared an Instagram video promoting the light beer brand on April 2. The new Anheuser-Busch marketing campaign has irked extreme right-wingers and conservatives in the US. Things escalated to the point where they called for a boycott of the beer brand.
Regular consumers of the beer expressed their dissatisfaction with the company and condemned its attempt to go “woke.” Many noted how the brewer seemed to forget its key demographic. The majority directly or indirectly hurled their anger and insults at the trans community and criticized all the alcohol brands that decided to show support to the LGBTQIA+ community.
Netizens shared their reactions on Twitter, where several recorded themselves pouring the drink into the sink or ruining the beer cans as a sign of protest.
Bud Light’s VP of marketing responds to the online backlash
Alissa Gordon Heinerscheid addressed the backlash against the beer brand in a recent episode of Make Yourself At Home on YouTube. She announced that the company does not wish to represent itself as catering to “frat guys” or a brand that upholds out-of-touch humor. Instead, they want to focus on inclusivity. Alissa said:
She continued that she wants the brand to appeal to women and men, and representation is at the heart of evolution. Alissa explained that everyone had this notion that Bud Light or beer, in general, had been something that is associated with “fratty humor.” Thus, it was really important for the company to take another approach.
