Thaddeus Matthews, pastor of Bare Reality Liberation and Empowerment Ministries in Memphis, Tennessee, recognized popularly because the “Cussing Pastor,” has gone viral once more for meting out a profanity-laced rebuke to comic D.L. Hughley for accusing him of swearing within the pulpit.
Matthews, who defended internet hosting a twerking contest at his church in 2019, challenged Hughley throughout a name on his YouTube present on April 25 to supply proof exhibiting him swearing throughout his sermons. The decision got here after Hughley’s social media crew requested his greater than 3 million followers on Fb whether or not it was acceptable for Matthews to swear in his church.
“A video has gone viral of a pastor using profanity in church to get his point across. Do you think this is an appropriate way to connect with his congregation or out of pocket?” the submit requested together with a picture of Matthews.
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The pastor, who defined that he had all the time revered Hughley for his commentary greater than his expertise as a comic, stated he was furious when somebody from Hollywood despatched him the submit.
“Now let me say this: I had respected D.L. Hughley, not because of his comedic abilities — because comically, D.L. Hughley is not funny to me at all. He’s a so-so comedian, as far as I think about it. But first of all, D.L., you make a post about I cussed in the pulpit. Mother—, you a [expletive] lie,” Matthews stated on his present previous to confronting Hughley on a name.
“There is no viral or any video of me preaching and cussing. For the last three years, I’ve been doing my Sunday morning right here where I’m sitting — virtually. And those that watch me on Sunday mornings would tell you I don’t cuss on Sunday mornings,” he defined.
“I make a post, but I don’t preach and cuss. Not that I find anything wrong with the words. Words are just words. And simple [expletive], you don’t know the difference in cussing and cursing. When you say that I curse, you are saying that I am dealing in witchcraft. The curse and cussing is different. I don’t apologize for cussing. I’m not putting a spell on anyone,” he added earlier than claiming that Jesus was additionally a “cusser” like him, however he simply used completely different phrases.
“See what you don’t understand, and many so-called preachers is, Jesus was a cusser. See, in Jesus’ day, they didn’t have words like mother—,” he stated.
Matthews in contrast his use of the phrase mom— to late comic Bernie Mac, who used it “as well as I could.”
He accused Hughley of slander earlier than finally making a name to Hughley, who appeared to have been caught off-guard by Matthews.
“Are you serious right now?” Hughley requested after Matthews requested him why he made the Fb submit.
“Yeah,” he replied.
“Because you’re cussing in the church and it was news,” Hughley advised him.
“Wait a minute, don’t you cuss on stage?” Matthews shot again.
Hughley tried to elucidate that he wasn’t passing judgment on whether or not he stubborn or not and that the submit was solely meant to spark a dialogue. When Matthews insisted that the comic had erroneously claimed that he swore whereas he preached, Hughley tried to make clear his assertion with a little bit of disdain.
“Hey man, let’s be clear, … I don’t have a judgment on whether you curse or not, I couldn’t care less about that. I think most pastors are full of s—. I don’t care if you curse or not. I asked a question to an audience. I don’t have a judgment. … I’m not a Bible-thumper. I couldn’t care less,” he insisted.
Hughley famous that his social media crew made the submit, and it wasn’t one thing he did personally.
“Well, your social media people f— up,” the pastor replied.
Matthews’ response appeared to additional annoy Hughley.
“Don’t talk to me like that. Who are you to talk to me like that? You don’t know me,” he stated.
“Mother— you don’t know me either,” Matthews replied.
The dialog rapidly devolved from there, with Matthews calling Hughley a “non-funny [expletive].” Hughley advised him that he had extra social media followers than he did, whereas Matthews saved telling him “f— you” and calling him a “mother—.”
“F— you too and your bulls— church,” Hughley stated.
When Matthews insisted he wasn’t humorous, Hughley replied, “I’m a better comic than you are a preacher.”
They argued once more till Hughley advised him to not name his quantity once more and hung up.
Clips of the alternate have since been shared online by different comics and celebrities like rapper Jermaine Dupri.
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