YANKOVIC RUES REFUSING BEER OFFER
Comedy singer ‘WEIRD’ AL YANKOVIC regrets turning down $5 million (£3.3 million) to promote a beer company - because the cash would have been "handy".
The funnyman, famous for his parodies of songs by stars including Michael Jackson and Nirvana, was offered a huge pay cheque to become the commercial face of an unnamed alcohol firm.
He refused the offer on moral grounds - but now admits he regrets his decision every day.
Yankovic tells Mojo magazine, "I don’t have a whole lot of regrets. A number of years ago a beer company offered me five million dollars, back when that was a lot of money, to be their commercial spokesperson.
"I turned it down because a lot of my fans were young and impressionable, so ethically I believe I did the right thing, but not a day goes by when I don’t think, ‘Hmm, an extra five million dollars would really come in handy."
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