Rob Schneider Tells Garth Brooks To ‘Shut Up’ Over Bud Light
Actor and comedian Rob Schneider is telling country singer Garth Brooks to “just shut up” after Brooks smeared any American who supports the Bud Light boycott as an “a—hole.”
Brooks has been an outspoken leftist for some time despite being a member of the typically-conservative country music community. He appeared on Billboard’s Country Live in Conversation earlier this month, where he was asked about whether he will be serving Bud Light in his bar when it opens later this summer.
While many Americans are boycotting Bud Light over their partnership with so-called “transgender influencer” Dylan Mulvaney, Brooks decided to take a different route — essentially telling a significant number of his potential customers not to come to his bar if they support the boycott.
“Yes, we’re going to serve every brand of beer,” he said. “We just are. It’s not our decision to make. If you come into this house, love one another. If you’re an a—hole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway.”
“In my existence, one a—hole can turn the whole tide down there,” Brooks added. “My thing is, let’s create a place that you feel safe in.”
Despite facing backlash for his comments, the country singer later doubled down on his condemnation of people boycotting Bud Light — making generic statements about supporting “inclusiveness” and claiming that “diversity is the answer” to problems.
“I get it, everyone’s got their opinions,” Brooks said. “But inclusiveness is always going to be me. I think diversity is the answer to the problems that are here. And the answer to the problems that are coming.”
During an appearance on Fox Nation’s “Woke Up in America,” Schneider argued that Brooks should “just shut up” and stay out of controversies entirely.
“I think next time, he’s going to stay out of it, isn’t he? I think Garth Brooks, next time, is going to shut his mouth, and he’s going to pretend like ‘I don’t have anything to do with what beer is chosen in my restaurant,’” the actor and comedian said. “I think the culture is in a very weird little place of hypersensitivity one way or the other. And I think that’s why most people shut their mouths.”
Schneider went on to note that avoiding getting involved in business operations is a good business practice for celebrities like Brooks, as it gives them the ability to distance themselves from backlash if something controversial happens.
“I mean, just from a business standpoint, just shut up, say I have nothing to do with it,” he said.
