When Kyle Busch, driver of the number 18 M&M’s Toyota Camery, agreed to do a commercial for his manufacturer he thought nothing of it. Like most commercials he figured he would run around in his driver suit, say a few cheesy lines and drive off in his hotrod. But when he saw the commercial for the first time while watching the X-Factor the words that came out of his mouth were far from cheesy. “I was like what the [expletive]!” Exclaimed Busch. “I had no idea they had a camera on me when I was driving home after the shoot. I couldn’t believe they tricked me like that. It’s bull [expletive]!”
For those of you who have not seen the Toyota commercial the very end has Busch driving home after a long day at the race track. He turns on his Pandora radio to Loverboy’s “Everybody’s Working for the Weekend” and proceeds to sing along. ” Singing it was not. It was more like he was going through puberty.” Stated Kevin Harvick. “My dogs can sing better than that.” Yes, its pretty bad. But in Busch’s defense he had no idea Toyota had placed a hidden camera in his car and he is furious about it. If you haven’t seen the commercial here it is:
Who wouldn’t be embarrassed after knowing everybody heard you sing so off key. Not to mention your first song choice was by Loverboy. “It’s just not fair”, says Busch. “I can sing damnit! I sing really well. My whole family says I have a great voice like that guy from Nickelback. Ask my brother! That song doesn’t showcase my talent and I had a sinus infection that day. I’m actually planning on auditioning for American Idol.” We got in touch with Randy Jackson from American Idol and asked him to critique Busch’s singing in the commercial. His response, ” Yo yo see, his falsetto was way off dude.”
As much as Busch thinks he can really sing, he just can’t. But what he can do is drive. And that’s what he needs to focus on. He sits 7th in the points with just three races remaining. If he can get it in gear and get over his vocal performance he’ll be singing all the way to the bank come Homestead. He’ll just sound like a 12 year old boy who’s nuts haven’t dropped yet.
