The picture, which seems to have been posted to Falwell’s Instagram account, has since been deleted.
The influential evangelical chief known as Lynchburg, Virginia radio station WLNI on Wednesday in an try to elucidate the picture.
“You already know it was bizarre, ’trigger she was, she’s pregnant, she couldn’t get her pants up, and I used to be, making an attempt to love — my, I had on a pair of denims I haven’t worn in a very long time so I couldn’t get mine zipped both,” he mentioned.
“And so I simply put my stomach — I simply put my stomach out like hers,” he added, explaining that the lady within the picture is his spouse’s assistant and “a sweetheart.” “I ought to by no means have put it up and embarrassed her as a result of, um, anyway, I’ve apologized to everyone and I promised my children, I’m gonna attempt to be a very good boy from right here on out.”
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Just a few Twitter customers famous that Falwell’s voice sounds slurred all through the interview.
PoliFonics reached out for remark, however nobody instantly responded.
It appears he is mendacity on this interview. @JerryFalwellJr says that within the picture he’s carrying a pair of denims that he hasn’t worn shortly and could not get them zipped, however within the video the pants appear to be zipped.
— Amy Smith (@watchkeep) August 5, 2020