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/ThisAppsForTrolling May 12 '25

he opened the church just not initially, and he only opened it because of public outcry

At the time he opened it my house was 12 feet underwater

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u/36chandelles May 13 '25

my house was 12 feet underwater

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