Jerry Falwell, Jr., the President of Liberty University, has apologized for posting an odd photo to his Instagram account.
Over the weekend, Falwell posted and quickly deleted a photo of himself standing next to a woman, identified by The Christian Post as his wife’s assistant, with both of their pants unzipped and their stomachs out. The photo, which was reportedly taken at a Trailer Park Boys themed costume party hosted by the Falwells, caused many to criticize the Christian university president.
On Wednesday, in an interview on WLNI’s MorningLine, Falwell provided some context to the photo while also noting that he has apologized to all who were personally affected by the photo.
Talking about the woman standing next to him in the photo, Falwell told MorningLine, “She’s pregnant, so she couldn’t get her pants zipped. I had on a pair of jeans I haven’t worn in a long time, so I couldn’t get mine zipped up, either. And so, I just put my belly out like hers.”
“I should never have put it up” and “embarrassed her,” he added, noting that he has “apologized to everybody” involved.
The photo of Falwell went viral after Robert Downen, a faith and religion writer for the Houston Chronicle, shared a screenshot of the photo to his Twitter account. Dow captioned the photo, “Wut is happening.”
wut is happening pic.twitter.com/8iEOr9EeRQ
— Robert Downen…
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