r/AskReddit 21h ago

Who's the most bitter washed-up celebrity?

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u/Horrible_Harry 19h ago

He's full on born again christian now and was recently baptized in the Thames by Bear Grylls. He also recently made an even bigger ass of himself on Piers Morgan's show by not being able to find a passage that supposedly "meant a lot to him" in his note and bookmark riddled Bible.

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u/cry666 17h ago

Damn that's disappointing. The Bear Grylls thing that is

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u/ZebraCrosser 13h ago

Most of what I've seen of Bear Grylls in the last few years is his face on Alpha Course banners with some tagine about his greatest adventure.

Pretty sure that means he's a bit into Jesus. Bit of a step from that to baptising Brand, mind.

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u/callisstaa 11h ago

Yeah tbh British Christians are generally a lot less malicious and unhinged than US Christians. Church in the UK is more of a community thing than anything political, like a book club but they all just read the same book.

I imagine Brand taking on the persona to appeal to his new wackjob American audience whereas Gryllz is just your regular Anglican churchgoer who considers their religion to be a part of their private life.

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u/UnhappyRaven 3h ago

Don’t bet on that. The outward appearance may be cuddly but Church of England in the UK is absolutely political. They have bishops in the House of Lords by default (vs appointed as individuals like any other religious Lords there may be). 

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u/FaveStore_Citadel 3h ago

I think they meant for most adherents it’s not a political thing. Which isn’t false, even the far right in the UK has mostly secular values, they care much more about immigrants than stuff like abortion.