Garth Brooks doubles down on Bud Light stance: 'I think diversity is the answer to the problems that are here and the answer to the problems that are coming'

Country music legend Garth Brooks has doubled down on his headline-grabbing announcement that he'll stock his soon-to-open Nashville honky-tonk with Bud Light amid a boycott against the beer brand.

What's the background?

It all started after Brooks recently noted to Billboard magazine that he'll "serve every brand of beer" at his Friends In Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk, and "if you [are let] into this house, love one another. If you’re an a–hole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway.”

With that, NBC News said detractors sounded off against Brooks; even Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida ripped Brooks' stance.

'Inclusiveness is always going to be me'

Well, the iconic songwriter seems unmoved by it all.

“Everybody’s got their opinions. But inclusiveness is always going to be me,” Brooks said Monday on his “Inside Studio G" livestream, agreeing his decision caused “quite a little bit of a stir," NBC News said. “I think diversity is the answer to the problems that are here and the answer to the problems that are coming. So I love diversity. All inclusive, so all are welcome. I understand that might not be other people’s opinions, but that’s OK, man.”

Brooks also said Bud Light is still very popular, and that as he offers it for sale at his bar, he'll let customers make the final decision, the network added.

"So, here’s the deal, man: If you want to come to Friends in Low Places, come in. But come in with love, come in with tolerance, patience. Come in with an open mind, and it’s cool," Brooks said, according to NBC News.

He added that "if you’re one of those people that just can’t do that, I get it. If you ever are one of those people that want to try, come," the network noted.

All about the Bud Light boycott

Fellow country singers John Rich, Riley Green, Brantley Gilbert, and Travis Tritt have pushed back against Bud Light in various ways since news of its notorious partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney came out in April.

A whole lot of consumers also have appeared to have stopped buying Bud Light, and Anheuser-Busch has lost billions as a result.

In fact, Bud Light no longer is the best-selling beer in America due to the ongoing boycott. CBS News reported that Anheuser-Busch sold $297 million of Bud Light for the four-week period ending on May 28 — a decline of 23% from the same time period in the previous year.

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