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The heir to the Anheuser-Busch fortune is appalled the company that bought his family out used a transgender person to advertise Bud Light … saying, “My ancestors would have rolled over in their graves.”
Billy Busch (not the host of “Extra”) appeared on “TMZ Live” Friday to discuss his new book, “Family Reins: The Extraordinary Rise and Epic Fall of an American Dynasty,” when Harvey asked him about the Bud Light ad featuring Dylan Mulvaney — a move which triggered a massive boycott.
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Busch believes the company that succeeded his family should never have put a transgender person on a Bud Light can, arguing beer drinkers “want their beer to be truly American,” adding, “I just don’t think the audience that drinks beer is into transgenders.”
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He went on, saying, “People who drink beer care about wholesome things.”
Busch argued being a transgender person is a sexual preference, and Harvey shot back, “It’s a matter of identity, not sexual preference.”
That triggered a whole argument about prejudice, but Busch was adamant — he feels the successors to Anheuser-Busch screwed up royally.
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The full interview airs Friday on “TMZ Live.”