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“Such Stupidity”: Hooters CEO Unveils Family‑Friendly Rebrand Plans, Citizens React With Harsh Comments

Hooters CEO Neil Kiefer has come forward with new details about the restaurant chain’s planned rebrand, insisting the company is not trying to become family-friendly because, in his view, it already was.

The comments were made after Hooters, a chain long known for its “Hooters Girls” waitresses serving food in revealing uniforms, began working to reclaim what Kiefer described as its original identity as a beach-themed neighborhood restaurant.

On May 22, an official company statement referred to it as the establishment’s “true identity.”

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