# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/21 "2020-08-24T20:02:26Z")
AP story posted just this morning: > **[Liberty: Falwell agreed to resign, then reversed course](https://apnews.com/article/va-state-wire-religion-ap-top-news-us-news-66b918c2f683c3de59803d0dc0324468)** > > RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr.’s future at evangelical Liberty University amid a sex scandal was uncertain Monday, after the school said he had offered his resignation but then reversed course. > [@](#): > > Falwell issued a lengthy statement to The Washington Examiner on Sunday, publicly disclosing the affair and saying the man involved had been threatening to reveal the relationship “to deliberately embarrass my wife, family, and Liberty University unless we agreed to pay him substantial monies.” > > “Over the course of the last few months this person’s behavior has reached a level that we have decided the only way to stop this predatory behavior is to go public,” said the statement, which was provided to The Associated Press on Monday. > [@](#): > > In his statement, Falwell said he and his wife met the man she had an affair with during a vacation over eight years ago. The man was working at the hotel where the Falwells stayed, the statement said. > > “Shortly thereafter, Becki had an inappropriate personal relationship with this person, something in which I was not involved – it was nonetheless very upsetting to learn about,” Falwell said in the statement. He declined further comment when reached Monday. 🤔 🤨 ---
**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, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/22 "2020-08-24T20:06:12Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > AP story posted just this morning: > [Liberty: Falwell agreed to resign, then reversed course | AP News](https://apnews.com/66b918c2f683c3de59803d0dc0324468) > > > [@](#): > > > > Falwell issued a lengthy statement to The Washington Examiner on Sunday, publicly disclosing the affair and saying the man involved had been threatening to reveal the relationship “to deliberately embarrass my wife, family, and Liberty University unless we agreed to pay him substantial monies.” > > > > “Over the course of the last few months this person’s behavior has reached a level that we have decided the only way to stop this predatory behavior is to go public,” said the statement, which was provided to The Associated Press on Monday. > > > [@](#): > > > > In his statement, Falwell said he and his wife met the man she had an affair with during a vacation over eight years ago. The man was working at the hotel where the Falwells stayed, the statement said. > > > > “Shortly thereafter, Becki had an inappropriate personal relationship with this person, something in which I was not involved – it was nonetheless very upsetting to learn about,” Falwell said in the statement. He declined further comment when reached Monday. > > 🤔 > 🤨 Throwing your five under the bus for 45 minutes of delayed bad press. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/23 "2020-08-24T21:24:48Z")
Last I heard, Jimmy Swaggart was role playing as a pool boy. 😱 ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/24 "2020-08-24T21:42:33Z")
And, he’s gone. > **[Jerry Falwell Jr. agreed to resign from Liberty University, and then reversed...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/24/jerry-falwell-jr-agrees-resign-liberty-university/?hpid=hp_no-name_falwell-515pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans)** > > A series of personal scandals came to an abrupt head Monday. ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/25 "2020-08-24T21:43:50Z")
Seriously, I’m seeing Roger Stone’s fingerprints all over this. He and his wife Nydia are into the same kink (they were outed in 1996 while he was senior strategist to the Dole campaign), and they live in Miami, where the Falwells met the poolboy. Falwell’s endorsement of Trump was a big surprise to many, and a major factor in Trump’s victory (due to gaining the support of evangelicals). A bimboy (himbo?) may have swayed the 2016 election. ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/26 "2020-08-24T21:50:34Z")
Aww, I hope he still speaks at the RNC. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/27 "2020-08-24T21:54:51Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Aww, I hope he still speaks at the RNC. - Floor show. ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/28 "2020-08-24T21:55:45Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Aww, I hope he still speaks at the RNC. Sounds like he’s more likely to just want to watch from behind a partially-closed door. ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/29 "2020-08-24T21:56:57Z")
Point of confusion: the Forbes article says the Falwells met their young friend in 2018. I assume this is a typo. because the article also says: - Granda was 20 when he met them; and - Granda is now 29 So I assume they met in 2011 or so, and 2018 is a typo. If this is not a typo, it pretty much rules out any blackmail. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/30 "2020-08-24T22:14:18Z")
According to this Reuters article, the affair started in March 2012. > [@](#): > > Giancarlo Granda says he was 20 when he met Jerry and Becki Falwell while working as a pool attendant at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel in March 2012. Starting that month and continuing into 2018, Granda told Reuters that the relationship involved him having sex with Becki Falwell while Jerry Falwell looked on. [https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-falwell-relationship/](https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-falwell-relationship/) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/31 "2020-08-24T22:15:27Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Sounds like he’s more likely to just want to watch from behind a partially-closed door. BANG ZOOM!!! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/32 "2020-08-24T22:17:33Z")
Whoops, post withdrawn. ---
**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, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/33 "2020-08-24T22:25:05Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > > Sounds like he’s more likely to just want to watch from behind a partially-closed door. > > BANG ZOOM!!! [A-ha!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzZAICHul1A&feature=youtu.be&t=1321) ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/34 "2020-08-24T22:28:02Z")
Thanks for this. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/35 "2020-08-24T22:29:14Z")
He’ll be back. You can’t keep a conman huckster evangelist from rising from THE ASHES OF SIN™ and asking for forgiveness (and a whole bunch of money). The redemption plot is so hackneyed, only Hallmark could give it life. (Jim and Tammy Faye, Swaggart, etc…). Since they don’t believe in Og, hell, Jesus; there’s no actual downside for their actions. Grifting is their only calling; their ego-driving drug of choice. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/36 "2020-08-24T22:43:16Z")
Swaggart actually has his own channel. > **[SBN - Sonlife Broadcasting Network](https://sonlifetv.com/)** > > Sonlife Broadcasting Network is a television and radio network broadcasting around the world 24/7. SBN is an extension of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. No, it’s not for dyslexic Rush fans; it’s 24-7 Swaggart programming, also featuring his son and grandson, and Frances with lots of hair dye, Botox, and lens filters to make her look like she’s 25. I only know this because I stumbled onto it while channel surfing, and yes, it’s on my local lineup. We can also pretty safely assume they never show this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yWkVa-_sd24/maxresdefault.jpg "Jimmy Swaggart I have sinned") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWkVa-_sd24) This whole Falwell thing sounds like the “plot” of an amateur 80s porno movie. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/37 "2020-08-24T22:44:05Z")
I’d actually watch that, just to see if it’s for real. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/38 "2020-08-24T22:49:47Z")
When you mention Roger Stone I pictured him getting pumped in the ass while the other guy kisses his Nixon tattoo. Falwell is as big a con man and phony as his old man. I often wonder what a degree from Liberty entitles you to do, other than become a con man yourself. ---
**Author:** ![HammondsCollapse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HammondsCollapse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HammondsCollapse)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/39 "2020-08-24T23:06:25Z")
Damn even Ted Haggard must be shaking his head at this one! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/40 "2020-08-24T23:09:44Z")
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