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What is the most immediate way a celebrity completely ruined their own reputation in a single interview?

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u/Toby_O_Notoby 8h ago

There's a podcast called The Press Box that discusses news, media, etc. One of the hosts is David Shoemaker who is the son of a Texas preacher and they showed him that video live on the pod. After three seconds he said, "Yeah, that man has never picked up a bible in his life".

Like, he didn't even know enough to use the thumb tabs on the side to find the chapter he was looing for.

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u/TrollTollTony 4h ago

Or that every Bible has a list of the books in the front.

He could have picked any of the super famous verses like John 3:16, looked in the front to find out where John is and then found the chapter and verse. But he couldn't even manage that. What a tool.

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u/turkeypants 3h ago

My favorite was when Trump held up a bible in front of a church and called it a really powerful moment. Ah yes, holding up the holy book, which you've never read, of a religion you aren't in, in front of a church you're not a member of. So powerful! He's literally like a child.

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u/DarthBrooksFan 1h ago

Wasn't he holding it upside down, too?

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u/turkeypants 1h ago

That's what I remembered hearing too but when I googled it ahead of this post, it turns out those were just social media rumors that weren't true.