But There Was A Good Excuse
Okay, so as all of you know, Jerry Falwell, Jr. showed up on Instagram looking like this:
… and the biggest thing he was worried about was the adult beverage in his hand?
Okay, well, here we are.
But, he went on the electric radio and apologized for it.
“I’ve apologized to everybody,” Falwell said in an interview on the Morningline show on WLNI 105.9FM, a local radio station in Lynchburg, Va., Falwell’s home town and that of the Liberty campus. “And I’ve promised my kids I’m going to try to be — I’m gonna try to be a good boy from here on out.”
He explained that the woman is his wife’s assistant. She is listed as an employee of Liberty University. And there’s a simple explanation of how this happened.
Falwell described the scene leading up to the photo. “She’s pregnant so she couldn’t get her — she couldn’t get her pants up,” he said. “And I was like, trying to like — my — I had on pair of jeans that I hadn’t worn in a long time so I couldn’t get mine zipped either. And so — and so — I just put my belly — I just put my belly out like hers.”
Yeah, happens to me all the time.
Praise the Lured.
1“I just put my belly out like hers.”
Yes, yes. It’s like Jesus said, “turn the other cheek.” Which mercifully Jerry Jr. realized was one of his savior’s pronouncements best observed behind closed cabin doors.
2I can remember wearing Daisy Dukes on the yacht of my boss’ husband when I was pregnant – doesn’t everyone?
3“I’m gonna try and be a good boy from now on ” ???
4Isn’t it an admission that he did something wrong and that he’s not even sure if he can behave properly in the future?
I have a feeling that there will be more coming out about this. You just know there will…
5Sweet Lord, I cannot un-see that.
6She doesn’t seem to be very far along, but Jerry seems to be making good progress.
7This is a load of meh. Who the hell cares.
The only reason it is worth mentioning at all is because we all know how much hay the right wing pundits would make of it if a Democrat had a picture like this.
8Ya, and he had to put his arm around her to hold her shirt up as high as possible and pull his shirt up so we could see he put on his underwear before he pulled his pants back up. I’m sure this was a one time deal, drinking and ….. with his wife’s employee. Hmmmm
9Thinkin there needs to be a DNA test down the road. Just sayin.
The look on her face says to me, “Listening to Jerry Falwell, Jr. has made me wanna start cutting myself again.”
10We are left to wonder, if we care to, what is there on his yacht that can turn water black but still be drinkable? Yeah, yeah, prayer, but what else?
11There’s a term for old guys who post pictures of themselves with their zipper down on the interwebs.
I’m trying not to remember what it is.
12Being a preacher that makes him a LIAR4money, so what makes you think anything he said was even near true???
13“Yacht?” Y.A.C.H.T.? Zipper, beverage, meh. But “yacht?”
Oh, yeah, yeah. Now I remember. Like when Jesus was at the Sea of Galilee called the guys to leave their “yacht” and follow Him.
14Wonder if the “pool boy” was also on the yacht. I had forgotten about that so I looked up a 2018 NY Times article about that episode. Seems pretty strange including Falwell and the Mrs investing in “pool boy’s” business, and later Michael Cohens efforts to get him to support Trumpf. Did Trumpf have some dirt on the Falwells? Maybe nothing there, but seeing the Jerry with his zipper down just makes me wonder about his squeaky clean persona.
15Friday in the gutters.
And just what is “black water”? I mean, I’ve been known to tip a few bottles over the years but I’ve never heard of that one.
16Looks like the Board Of Trustees at Liberty University has asked him to step down.
17Looks like a good story developing.
Let’s see–Mrs. Falwell has the pool boy, or is he Jerry’s, too? And Jerry has the secretary. And students at Liberty U. are forbidden to hold hands. Looks to me like maybe there was more than hand holding going on there. Do as I say, not as I pretty clearly do?
18https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/07/jerry-falwell-jr-liberty-university-leave-of-absence
19I’ve always known that fooling around with the pool boy (gardener, personal assistant, maid, trainer) will be the undoing of both Jerry and his wife.
20It occurs to me that little miss assistant doesn’t have any underwear on under those short shorts that she can’t zip up.
21Definitely a Pulitzer Prize winner. One of the greatest photos of all time.
22I wondered what the pool boy is doing now. Someone of that name is running something called Gaming Detox near me in Maryland.
(I was astonished to discover that gaming recovery is a huge business, at least in Central Maryland.)
23The Washington Post disables comments on very few stories but it has done so for the Falwell leave of absence story. Schadenfreude overload alert, I suppose.
24Between Junior’s “leave of absence” and the NRA’s troubles, I may OD on Schadenfreude myself this weekend. Oh, and a judge ruled than E. Jean Carroll can have a DNA sample from trump to match up with the stain on her dress.
25Buttermilk Sky…add Joe Arpaio’s defeat to that.
26Hey, is there any way to have a “wife’s assistant” without actually having a, you know, wife?
Asking for a friend.
27The yacht theme for the party was Trailer Park Boys, which I’m assured is available on some cable channel … and Jerry is trying to match one of the characters known for always having a drink in his hand (of course, the CLOTHING choices of Falwell don’t match the character).
If you want to see names … or others in the “costume party,” … try https://pulpitandpen.org/2020/08/04/bizzare-jerry-falwell-jr-yacht-pictures-were-from-trailer-park-boys-themed-party/
28@Megasoid –
Is it “Praise the Lured?” Or “Praise the Lurid?” Or with that photo of Jerry Jr, “Praise the Lard?”
It’s hard to believe that this guy’s dad made such a big deal out of Tinkie Winkie or Barney the Dinosaur. Guess Jerry Sr. didn’t give the whelp any brunguppins.
29I kinda understand the unbuttoned pants thing. After being locked up in the house the last 4 months I have trouble fastening my pants for the same reason Jerry obviously does. Or would, if I ever had a reason to get dressed, which I don’t.
30NicaBrian, you’re giving the lovely couple way too much benefit of the doubt. Zippers were down from activities unbecoming of an evangelical fake. Well actually just what I’d expect from a fake evangelical.
31Steve, Beaverton as in the PNW? I lived in Pacific City for 20 years and was vice chair of Tillamook Dems for 8.
32Yes, the one and only Washington County Beaverton.
33That the young Peggy Bundy?
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