LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued an apology to a popular soft drink Thursday after a disagreement with U.S. Sen. JD Vance earlier in the week.

During a Team Kentucky update, Beshear said he can admit when he goes over the line, but that he wanted to set the record straight. He then pulled out a diet Mountain Dew and set it on the podium.

"I do owe an apology to diet Mountain Dew," Beshear said. "To diet Mountain Dew, very sorry, didn't mean to say negative things about you."

Beshear appeared on CNN Monday night and was asked by Kaitlan Collins about Vance's comments. - "What was weird was him joking about racism today and then talking about diet Mountain Dew," he said. "Who drinks diet Mountain Dew?" ... "And then he claims to be from eastern Kentucky, writes a book about it to profit off our people. And then he calls us lazy."