'Weird Al' Yankovic has revealed that he turned down a multi-million dollar beer endorsement.
The musical prankster told Mojo Magazine that he was offered five million dollars to become the ongoing spokesman for a beer brand.
And to this day he still rues the decision to turn down the offer.
He said, “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”.
He said he 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’."
This family-friendly policy bears out, as in the past he has expressed concern that certain, more profane parodies by other comedians have been attributed to him.
'Weird Al' is touring Australia in March 2011.
