{"id":251958,"date":"2021-05-17T23:17:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T20:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/joel-osteen-gets-destroyed-on-twitter-after-smarmy-today-show-interview\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T23:17:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T20:17:50","slug":"joel-osteen-gets-destroyed-on-twitter-after-smarmy-today-show-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joel-osteen-gets-destroyed-on-twitter-after-smarmy-today-show-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"#Joel Osteen Gets DESTROYED On Twitter After Smarmy Today Show Interview!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Joel Osteen Gets DESTROYED On Twitter<\/a> After Smarmy Today Show Interview!
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\nThey say any press is good press, but that\u00a0definitely<\/em> isn\u2019t true in the age of\u00a0Twitter<\/strong>. Just look at\u00a0Jensen Karp<\/strong>, who probably could have lived the rest of his life in a blissful marriage to Topanga from Boy Meets World<\/em> \u2014 but thanks to going viral got a lot of women simultaneously coming forward with allegations he was an emotionally abusive boyfriend. All because of some shrimp tails in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019ve had as many problematic moments over the years as Joel Osteen<\/strong>, becoming a trending topic is basically a guaranteed leap into the firing line \u2014 so maybe in retrospect app<\/a>earing on the Today<\/em> show wasn\u2019t such a good idea for the brand?<\/p>\n

In short for those still unfamiliar, Osteen is one of those megachurch pastors who preaches their message to thousands at a time \u2014 and make MILLIONS telling folks gays are full of sin. In 2017 he got into some hot water for showing he was not at all interested in practicing what he preached \u2014 as he turned locals away from taking shelter in his enormous Lakewood Church<\/strong> in Houston during the flooding of Hurricane Harvey.<\/p>\n

Related: How Osteen Defended His Church Turning Away The Needy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most recently the televangelist was also discovered to be one of the many ultra rich folks who took advantage of the government handouts during the pandemic, reportedly taking a $4.4 million PPP loan.\u00a0Remember, these loans were supposed to be for small businesses who were harshly affected by the quarantine. Osteen was still perfectly capable of posting his hateful sermons to his nearly 2 million subscribers on his YouTube<\/strong> channel and accepting \u201cdonations\u201d online.<\/p>\n

Remember, this \u201csaint\u201d has an estimated net worth north of $100 million as of 2021. He lives in a $10 mil mansion. And he took millions anyway, money that should have gone to real<\/em> small businesses in need.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s perhaps those facts that rubbed people the wrong way when Osteen said during an interview with\u00a0Savannah Guthrie<\/strong> and\u00a0Hoda Kotb<\/strong> \u2014 an interview that played more like a paid ad for his new book \u2014 that people should start the day \u201cgrateful\u201d and not rush around trying to get the kids ready and worrying about their daily problems:<\/p>\n

\u201cFocus on what you do have, not what you don\u2019t have.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sounds less like a message from God and more like a memo from the corporate office explaining why minimum wage wouldn\u2019t be going up again, right? At least, coming from an insanely rich guy\u2026<\/p>\n

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Pastor and bestselling author @JoelOsteen<\/a> joins us to talk about his new book, \u201cPeaceful on Purpose.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/tdwRZbbjbH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) May 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n