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(94,331 posts) Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:16 PM Aug 2020

Jerry Falwell Jr. Responds to Viral Instagram Post

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Source: WLNI Radio

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Junior spoke to the MorningLine about an Instagram photo that has raised some eyebrows:

Audio Interview

Read more: https://wlni.com/news/jerry-falwell-jr-responds-to-viral-instagram-post

"She's my wife's Assistant"

"I'm gonna try to ge a good oy from hereon out"

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Jerry Falwell Jr. Responds to Viral Instagram Post (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2020 OP

He couldn't zip up his pants?!!! JoeOtterbein Aug 2020 #1

Is that really him? He sounds drunk. Siwsan Aug 2020 #2

"He sounds drunk." Grokenstein Aug 2020 #15

My jeans were old so I could not get 'em up. And she was pregnant too. It was all in good fun. Botany Aug 2020 #32

I guess Falwell has an open marriage or maybe the assistant is a concubine? KWR65 Aug 2020 #3

Well, maybe, but don't you think the pool boy will be jealous? brooklynite Aug 2020 #4

God works in mysterious ways his wonders to perform rurallib Aug 2020 #11

He sounds like he's stoned. Arkansas Granny Aug 2020 #5

Both had their pants open Miguelito Loveless Aug 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX Aug 2020 #9

What about the glass of 'colored water'? left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #7

Glory be, another miracle rurallib Aug 2020 #13

Jesus turned water into wine (so some say) left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #14

In my parents' fundamentalist church, we had to drink grape juice for communion because deurbano Aug 2020 #17

Same here left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #19

In the Catholic Church the priest gets all the wine. iemitsu Aug 2020 #26

Maybe his wife should give her assistant a raise. marybourg Aug 2020 #8

It was a Trailer Park Boys party LeftInTX Aug 2020 #10

Or in this case, "Come as you are". Marcuse Aug 2020 #31

These religious types are usually the biggest sinners out there Joe Nation Aug 2020 #12

How can he look any of the people in his horrible church/school in the eye? Yuck! n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2020 #16

What does she assist with? appleannie1 Aug 2020 #18

Hand job? chomper Aug 2020 #20

All the wifely duties? appleannie1 Aug 2020 #30

Raising the dead? ArizonaLib Aug 2020 #21

Hey, It's the new Jimmy Swaggart with a "twist" Zambero Aug 2020 #22

"I did NOT put my hand down her shorts!" durablend Aug 2020 #23

"I was just checking to make sure the fetus was still there." Marcuse Aug 2020 #33

The man is shit-faced. n/t Tom Yossarian Joad Aug 2020 #24

Where is the barf emoji? Oh, I found it Kitchari Aug 2020 #25

there's no acceptable excuse - time to exit, stage right... bringthePaine Aug 2020 #27

This happens when one surrounds themselves with courtiers and sycophants Kaleva Aug 2020 #28

Epstein for Christ. NNadir Aug 2020 #29

After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING applegrove Aug 2020 #34

JoeOtterbein

(7,699 posts)

1. He couldn't zip up his pants?!!!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:20 PM

Aug 2020

And he sounds drunk as hell.

Siwsan

(26,248 posts)

2. Is that really him? He sounds drunk.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:20 PM

Aug 2020

Not sure how he thinks that helps.

Grokenstein

(5,721 posts)

15. "He sounds drunk."

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 04:05 PM

Aug 2020

Probably IS him, then.

Botany

(70,447 posts)

32. My jeans were old so I could not get 'em up. And she was pregnant too. It was all in good fun.

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:04 AM

Aug 2020

n/t

KWR65

(1,098 posts)

3. I guess Falwell has an open marriage or maybe the assistant is a concubine?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:23 PM

Aug 2020

brooklynite

(94,331 posts)

4. Well, maybe, but don't you think the pool boy will be jealous?

Reply to KWR65 (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:25 PM

Aug 2020

rurallib

(62,379 posts)

11. God works in mysterious ways his wonders to perform

Reply to KWR65 (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:50 PM

Aug 2020

or so the nuns told me in my 12 years of catholic school.

Arkansas Granny

(31,506 posts)

5. He sounds like he's stoned.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:26 PM

Aug 2020

Miguelito Loveless

(4,454 posts)

6. Both had their pants open

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:26 PM

Aug 2020

so, either they just had sex, or were about to. The excuse offered would not be accepted by Liberty University if a regular student posted such a pic.

Response to Miguelito Loveless (Reply #6)

LeftInTX This message was self-deleted by its author.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

7. What about the glass of 'colored water'?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:34 PM

Aug 2020

He said it wasn't booze?

rurallib

(62,379 posts)

13. Glory be, another miracle

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:51 PM

Aug 2020

It was water just before the photo

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

14. Jesus turned water into wine (so some say)

Reply to rurallib (Reply #13)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:53 PM

Aug 2020

Falwell turned booze into 'dark water'?

deurbano

(2,894 posts)

17. In my parents' fundamentalist church, we had to drink grape juice for communion because

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 04:17 PM

Aug 2020

their (obviously highly educated) biblical "experts" had concluded the "wine" mentioned in the Bible wasn't actually fermented.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

19. Same here

Reply to deurbano (Reply #17)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 04:34 PM

Aug 2020

But it was a rural Methodist church.

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)

26. In the Catholic Church the priest gets all the wine.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #19)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:58 PM

Aug 2020

marybourg

(12,584 posts)

8. Maybe his wife should give her assistant a raise.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:44 PM

Aug 2020

The poor woman is wearing clothes that are falling off her in tatters.

LeftInTX

(25,117 posts)

10. It was a Trailer Park Boys party

Reply to marybourg (Reply #8)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:47 PM

Aug 2020

Which is a modern day Lil'Abner themed party.

Marcuse

(7,446 posts)

31. Or in this case, "Come as you are".

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #10)

Thu Aug 6, 2020, 08:58 AM

Aug 2020

Joe Nation

(962 posts)

12. These religious types are usually the biggest sinners out there

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:51 PM

Aug 2020

You have to admire their devotion to hypocrisy.

Judi Lynn

(160,449 posts)

16. How can he look any of the people in his horrible church/school in the eye? Yuck! n/t

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 04:08 PM

Aug 2020

appleannie1

(5,062 posts)

18. What does she assist with?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 04:26 PM

Aug 2020

chomper

(113 posts)

20. Hand job?

Reply to appleannie1 (Reply #18)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 04:41 PM

Aug 2020

or something else?

appleannie1

(5,062 posts)

30. All the wifely duties?

Reply to chomper (Reply #20)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 11:55 PM

Aug 2020

ArizonaLib

(1,242 posts)

21. Raising the dead?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 04:45 PM

Aug 2020

Either way - weird!

Zambero

(8,962 posts)

22. Hey, It's the new Jimmy Swaggart with a "twist"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 04:46 PM

Aug 2020

Either that or the Roy Cohn of fake religion. Why run AWAY from sin when you can FOR it full throttle!

durablend

(7,455 posts)

23. "I did NOT put my hand down her shorts!"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 05:04 PM

Aug 2020

"Maybe....."

Marcuse

(7,446 posts)

33. "I was just checking to make sure the fetus was still there."

Reply to durablend (Reply #23)

Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:08 AM

Aug 2020

Tom Yossarian Joad

(19,226 posts)

24. The man is shit-faced. n/t

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 05:47 PM

Aug 2020

Kitchari

(2,165 posts)

25. Where is the barf emoji? Oh, I found it

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:54 PM

Aug 2020

bringthePaine

(1,727 posts)

27. there's no acceptable excuse - time to exit, stage right...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:30 PM

Aug 2020

Kaleva

(36,246 posts)

28. This happens when one surrounds themselves with courtiers and sycophants

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:44 PM

Aug 2020

No one there to tell him to his face that just the idea of a party on a yacht is not a good one.

NNadir

(33,464 posts)

29. Epstein for Christ.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 10:19 PM

Aug 2020

applegrove

(118,484 posts)

34. After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:29 AM

Aug 2020

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