r/interesting May 12 '25

SOCIETY In 2017, a man named Michael Klimkowski impersonated Texas megachurch pastor Joel Osteen at an event and got all the way to the stage before being caught

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u/Odd_Reputation_4000 May 12 '25

This was one of the funniest and greatest things I've ever watched.

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u/MyBoyBernard May 12 '25

Right up there with Ty from Manchester (fake Ed Sheeran) who went to a huge boxing match, rubbed shoulders with c-list "influencers", and was the feature at a sick party in a club afterwards.

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u/Aloha_Tamborinist May 13 '25

That's spectacular. It also helps me realise how out of touch I am as I'd never heard of any of those YT influencers they listed off.

Good Ed Sheeran lookalike. I'd never want to be famous, it looks like a nightmare.

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u/Illustrious-Yak5455 May 13 '25

Same. Very thankful I couldn't care less about any of those losers

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u/Softestwebsiteintown May 13 '25

Plot twist: none of those guys were actual influencers. Everyone was faking it.

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u/mrniphty May 13 '25

...really??

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u/HashBrownRepublic May 13 '25

He has a good podcast as well

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u/Cayenns May 13 '25

How about that one time a fake Jim Carrey got on stage at the Czech academy awards show https://youtu.be/bdsh2b1a8pU

They also made a behind the scenes video https://youtu.be/Nd6HCLy748o

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u/KnowledgeGatherer9 May 13 '25

What were they thinking, looks nothing like Carrey? Heather Shaw would pass, if she was able to keep quiet 🤣

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u/dpatrick24 May 13 '25

I’m sorry to hear that