# Jerry Falwell is a cuck and was blackmailed into supporting Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 24, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898 "2020-08-24T17:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/1 "2020-08-24T17:23:45Z")
Not that he’s not a giant piece of shit that fits right in anyway. I hope this destroys him and Liberty U. > **[Business partner of Falwells says he had affair with the power couple](https://t.co/NAK3TDSQoH?amp=1)** > > Giancarlo Granda said he had sex with Becki Falwell while Jerry Falwell Jr, head of Liberty University, looked on. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/2 "2020-08-24T17:31:11Z")
I will give Falwell this tiny concession: that if he, his wife and Granda were engaged in a consensual three-way cuckolding relationship, there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s not my thing, but unlike Falwell I believe that what consenting adults get up to amongst themselves is none of my business. But 1) it sounds like even if it started that way it didn’t end that way, and 2) it’s so spectacularly against-brand for Falwell that if it does destroy him and Liberty University, I won’t shed a single tear. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/3 "2020-08-24T17:36:24Z")
He was a pool boy. It’s hard to get more tawdry than that. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/4 "2020-08-24T17:36:58Z")
I don’t buy the the thread title…there was no blackmail to support Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/5 "2020-08-24T17:42:35Z")
Michael Cohen got a hold of naughty pictures and then Falwell endorsed Trump. Perhaps that didn’t play a part, but it’s sure as hell suggestive. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/6 "2020-08-24T18:00:18Z")
Impossible! Next you’ll be telling me Roger Stone and his wife were swingers! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/7 "2020-08-24T18:17:00Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Michael Cohen got a hold of naughty pictures and then Falwell endorsed Trump. Perhaps that didn’t play a part, but it’s sure as hell suggestive. Do you have a cite for that? I can’t find any mention of anything like that in the Reuters article. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/8 "2020-08-24T18:33:49Z")
> **[The Evangelical, the ‘Pool Boy,’ the Comedian and Michael Cohen (Published 2019)](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/us/trump-falwell-endorsement-michael-cohen.html)** > > Jerry Falwell Jr. defied expectations when he supported Donald J. Trump in 2016. Now details are emerging about behind-the-scenes maneuvering before the endorsement. I’ll fully admit there’s no proof he was blackmailed into giving his support, but the elements are there. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/9 "2020-08-24T19:05:57Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I can’t find any mention of anything like that in the Reuters article. Really? I think that’s very obviously exactly what they are implying, no doubt proofread by their lawyers to ensure that they don’t make explicit accusations that they can’t substantiate. ETA: sorry, I just realized you’re talking about the Reuters article, I was reading the NY Times one. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/10 "2020-08-24T19:13:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > consensual three-way cuckolding relationship, there’s nothing wrong with that Word around the campfire is it was hotwifing, not cucking as kink. Nothing wrong with that either. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/11 "2020-08-24T19:19:40Z")
Which begs the question, what’s the difference, so here we go: > Both hotwifing and cuckolding fantasies are usually perpetuated to fulfill the husband’s fantasies. However, the cuckold is submissive, feels inadequate, and often craves humiliation as part of his turn on, while the husband of the hotwife usually just fantasizes about his wife having sex with other men and may even feel more empowered by it. From here, with more extensive details: [https://www.sexpert.com/hotwifing-versus-cuckolding/#What\_is\_the\_Difference\_Between\_Hotwifing\_and\_Cuckolding](https://www.sexpert.com/hotwifing-versus-cuckolding/#What_is_the_Difference_Between_Hotwifing_and_Cuckolding) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/12 "2020-08-24T19:22:05Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > He was a pool boy. It’s hard to get more tawdry than that. 🎵 He’s just a _pool boy_ from a _pool_ family . Spare him his life from this monstrosity 🎵 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/13 "2020-08-24T19:26:58Z")
I was trying to ponder what hot-wifi-ing is… ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/14 "2020-08-24T19:30:13Z")
Downloading porn using your neighbor’s un-encrypted wifi ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/15 "2020-08-24T19:30:48Z")
OK, I just googled “hotwifing” and got zero hits. What kink am I not aware of? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/16 "2020-08-24T19:33:29Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > “hotwifing What kinda firewall are you behind? > **[hotwife Meaning & Origin | Slang by Dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/hotwife/)** > > A hotwife is a married woman who has sexual relationships outside of her marriage, with the full knowledge and consent of her husband, who himself doesn’t have affairs. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/17 "2020-08-24T19:34:34Z")
I seem to recall Michael Cohen saying that he saw some photos of Ms. Falwell and thought they were pretty tame when the story originally came out a year or so ago. He also would not confirm or deny there was hanky panky between either of them and the pool boy. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/18 "2020-08-24T19:36:04Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > What kinda firewall are you behind? I dunno. I don’t have any firewall here at home. I just went to Google and typed “hotwifing” and got zero hits. Maybe I need to toggle a “Safe Search” setting. At any rate, thanks. Another TIL moment. I’m still here in the dark ages, sexually, trying to figure out why half the porn out there seems to imply incestuous relationships. ETA: Meanwhile, Bing gives me a shitton of results, so I must have some weird Google setting or something. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/19 "2020-08-24T19:40:19Z")
I am shocked, as I’m sure all of you are, to find out Falwell is a moral hypocrite. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/20 "2020-08-24T19:55:12Z")
Marriage is a sacred institution, not to be entered into more than three or four times, and must always be between a man and a woman, with occasional cameos by the pool boy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898.md?page=2)