Mary J. Blige: Burger King Commercial Was 'Calculated Hit'

0:00It's April 21st. I'm Cory with a story, and this is Music News. Today Music News powered by AI. Mary J. Blige is speaking out about that infamous 2012 Burger King commercial, claiming the fast food chain set it up on purpose to spark. Backlash and tank her reputation. She says the way they filmed it was all wrong. Designed to make her look foolish and create the exact drama that blew up online. Burger King yanked the ad after just 24 hours, but by then the clip had gone viral and the harm was locked in. Blige opened up about the real pain, saying it cost her so-called friends who treated her like she was toxic and backed away fast. She even blamed her own team for dropping the ball and letting her do the spot in the first place, while Burger King apologized back then, calling it. A contract mix-up with an unfinished version. A decade later, Blige is still fired up, making it clear she sees the whole thing as a calculated hit on her image that lingers today.