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Helen Mirren shames drunk drivers in new Budweiser Super Bowl 50 commercial

If the idea of Academy Award-winning English actress Helen Mirren eating a cheeseburger and fries, drinking a beer, and insulting drunk drivers sound completely delightful, that’s because it is.

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And Anheuser-Busch made it happen. Mirren stars in “Simply Put,” Budweiser’s newly released Super Bowl 50 ad. She spends the minute-long spot charmingly speaking out against the cads who drink and drive.

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As Mirren puts it, “If you drive drunk, simply put, you are a short-sighted, utterly useless, oxygen-wasting, human form of pollution.” She goes on from there.

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