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Bud Light Brings Back Old Mascot In Desperate Attempt To Win Back Conservatives

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Bud Light is apparently dusting off an old advertising mascot amid ongoing backlash stemming from their partnership with a polarizing transgender influencer.

A Twitter profile supposedly belonging to “The Bud Knight” posted a video Monday of the mascot stepping into the frame with a caption saying, “Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.”

The mascot resembles a typical medieval knight covered in blue armor plates and “BUD LIGHT” plastered across his chest plate. The mascot notably appeared in a 2019 Super Bowl commercial promoting the popular fantasy series Game of Thrones. In the commercial, the mascot engages in and loses a jousting match before a large dragon appears and burns down the venue. (RELATED: Bud Light Sponsors Raunchy Pride Show After Desperately Trying To Salvage Its Image)

The Bud Knight was a central part of Bud Light’s popular “Dilly Dilly” campaign, which ran from 2017 to 2019. The mascot’s Twitter account last posted in 2021, seemingly signing off for good.

“It was really fun while it lasted, guys,” the Bud Knight tweeted at the time.

The mascot revival drew negative reactions from most commenters.

“I’m thinking not,” conservative transgender pundit Sara Higdon tweeted.

“Is the armor tuck friendly?” popular right-wing commentator Benny Johnson wrote, referring to Target’s LGBT-themed swimwear.
“We now know who’s behind the mask… [Bud Light] went from Dilly Dilly to Dylan Dylan,” Will Hild, executive director of Consumers First, tweeted.
Bud Light’s decision to reboot the popular character comes amid a tidal wave of outrage over its April partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. The widely panned advertising campaign with Mulvaney kicked off a mass boycott of the Bud Light brand. The company saw a precipitous drop in sales and lost its spot to Modelo in mid-June as the top-selling beer in America. The week ending June 17 saw Bud Light sales drop nearly 30% compared to 2022.