Former Anheuser-Busch InBev executive Anson Frericks told Newsmax on Monday that the best part of the new Bud Light commercials that aired during the Super Bowl is that they didn’t have transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney in them, and that’s a start.

Frericks joined “Rob Schmitt Tonight” to discuss Bud Light’s latest attempt to put the Mulvaney episode in its rearview mirror and get its core beer drinkers back in the fold. The new ads featured Post Malone, Shane Gillis, and Peyton Manning.

“The best part about this ad is that Dylan Mulvaney wasn’t in it. So there was no controversy in this ad. It was just a bunch of, you know, fun 40-year-old guys having a good time in a cul-de-sac,” Frericks said.

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