How Dallas Dive Bar Lee Harvey’s Ended Up in a Super Bowl Ad for the Het Gets Us Campaign | Eater Dallas
"I was surprised to see a brief Super Bowl commercial thrust Lee Harvey’s, a Cedars dive bar with wood-paneled walls, into controversy: the 15-second "Who Is My Neighbor?" spot from the “He Gets Us” campaign showed a man smoking with the bar visible behind him, and the placement—booked by a manager while owner Seth Smith was out of the country—left Smith saying he didn’t know who the client was. After the bar shared a Facebook post about the placement, negative comments poured in as critics on both the right and left questioned the campaign and its funding; Smith says he feels horrible if anyone was hurt and stresses that the post was not an endorsement. He emphasizes that Lee Harvey’s has a long record of inclusivity—hosting gay weddings, a drag show, and rotating "Chick Happy Hour"—and that the bar welcomes everyone while asking patrons to behave; the venue later clarified publicly that it does not align with or support the campaign and closed its statement with "WE LOVE EVERYBODY." - Courtney E. Smith
