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Roger Waters Claims He Rejected Huge Offer From Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

Roger Waters says that he rejected a “huge” offer from Facebook for the use of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall Part II.” Never one to pull punches —…

Roger Waters
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Roger Waters says that he rejected a "huge" offer from Facebook for the use of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall Part II." Never one to pull punches -- whether he's talking about ex-bandmates or world leaders -- he also called Facebook's boss, Mark Zuckerberg "one of the most powerful idiots in the world."

Speaking during an event that’s part of a "Whistle Stop" campaign to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Waters said Zuckerberg wanted to use the song in a film to promote Facebook and Instagram (Facebook owns Instagram).

The video of Waters' response -- which is extremely NSFW -- can be found here. But he said, in part that the offer "Arrived this morning, with an offer of a huge, huge amount of money, and the answer is – 'F--- you! No f---ing way!'"

Waters continued to mock Zuckerberg, and Facebook's origins as a site that ranked the attractiveness of women at Harvard, saying, "You think, 'How did this little p---- – who started off by saying, 'She is pretty, we'll give her a four out of five,' 'She's ugly, we'll give her a one' – how the f--- did he get any power in anything? And yet here he is, one of the most powerful idiots in the world.”

Brian has been working in pop culture and media for about three decades: he’s worked at MTV, VH1, SiriusXM, CBS and Loudwire. Besides working as a writer and an editor-in-chief, he’s also appeared on air as a pundit, guested on radio shows and hosted podcasts. Over the years, he’s interviewed the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, the members of U2, Beyonce, Pink, Usher, Stevie Nicks, Lorde… and is grateful to have had the chance to interview Joe Strummer of the Clash and Tom Petty.