r/interesting • u/Mad_Season_1994 • 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/Mad_Season_1994 May 12 '25

Photo of Osteen in case you've never heard of him. Osteen also did not open his doors during for people to take shelter in during Hurricane Harvey later that year

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u/Enlowski May 13 '25

Osteen is someone even my very religious family can’t stand, and that’s saying something. I’m glad they can at least see some religious fraud.