Bud Light slammed for sponsoring Toronto Pride—'They deserve to go broke'

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Bud Light slammed for sponsoring Toronto Pride—'They deserve to go broke'
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The backlash against Bud Light continues after the Dylan Mulvaney saga as the beer brand sponsors the LGBTQ+ event Pride in Toronto, Canada.

Main picture, crowds gather to celebrate Toronto Pride Parade on June 25, 2023. Bud Light released a special Pride can featuring a rainbow design. The beer brand's Pride activities have sparked a furious response online.Bud Light has never explicitly directly addressed the situation, though it released a statement in response, saying it"never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people.

" Bud Light added that"we are in the business of bringing people together over a beer," Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Anheuser-Busch, wrote in a public statement on April 14.for the Mulvaney collaboration. More than two months later, Bud Light has sparked more fury with its Toronto Pride sponsorship.to the attention of her almost half-a-million Twitter followers."Bud Light has a stage at Toronto Pride. This is one of the acts.

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