Hulu’s ‘God Forbid’ Reveals Trump’s Relationships With Jerry Falwell Jr. And His Wife Creepy Pool Boy Sex Saga

Jerry Falwell Jr. launched the COVID-19 pandemic in a very reckless manner, floating conspiracy theories about the origins of the killer virus, playing down its effects, and choosing to reopen Liberty University, a private evangelical university in Lynchburg, Virginia, against the orders of local officials (of course, that led to to the spread of the virus on campus). Then he proceeded to post a picture on Instagram of Himself on a luxury yacht with his pants opena glass of wine with one hand and the other wrapped around the body of a half-naked woman.

Then came the story of the pool boy.

Liberty U., an evangelical foundation that denounces all things perceived wrongdoing, has already done so mired in controversy Because of her corrupt, corrupt boss, Falwell Jr., he was caught on tape Recruiting Trump aide Michael Cohen To help hide the “peppy” photos of his wife Becky, and in a Politico Investigationwho has been accused by more than two dozen former and current Liberty officials of running a “dictatorship” in which he constantly flaunts his sexuality, poses nude pictures of his wife to colleagues, and engages in rampant self-dealing.

“We are not a school. We are a real estate hedge fund,” said a senior university official. Politico. “We don’t learn. We buy real estate every year and we take student money to do it.”

But back to the pond boy. As the story goes, Becky met Giancarlo Granda in March 2012. Granda, then 20, was a Cuban-born boy at the pool at Fontainebleau, a trendy Miami Beach hotel that was once inhabited by Sinatra and Dean. He spotted a woman in her forties relaxing by the pool, looking up and down at him, and taking pictures of him. When he approached her, she allegedly said, “Don’t waste your time with the little ones. They don’t know what to do.” Then she proposed to him and asked if he wanted to go back to her hotel room. “There is one thing though that my husband wants to watch,” she added. He said yes.

The woman was Becky Falwell. Spouse was Jerry Falwell Jr.

“If I had known that accepting this woman’s invitation to return to her hotel room would have led to a scandal involving the president of the world’s largest Christian university and the president of the United States, I would have left and enjoyed my own life,” Granda says in the new documentary. God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Bringed Down a Dynasty.

Directed by Billy Corbin (Cocaine cowboy), produced by Adam McKay (The Big Short), premiering November 1 on Hulu, the documentary puts Granda front and center, as the now 31-year-old tells the strange story of how he entered the bizarre sexuality of Falwells. The movie coincides with a book, Out of the Depths: Jerry and Becky Falwell and the Fall of an Evangelical Dynastyfrom Granda and Mark Ebner, a contributor to the Daily Beast.

In the film, Granda describes how Becky said the Falwells were a “swinging” couple who attended sex clubs but were looking for something more “special”. They went to a hotel room, where Falwell Jr. was sitting in the corner and gave them nod to go in. When their intimacy began, Granda says, “The husband gets up…and goes to the corner of the room. He has taken off his jeans, and is just starting to get dressed.” (Falwells claimed to me Vanity Fair that Falwell Jr. was not present during the sexual relations between Becky and Giancarlo).

Granda says in God forbid That cuckolding affair has been on and off for years and included trips to the Florida Keys and New York City, as well as daily text messages. Three weeks later, she tells him she loves him. “She became my girlfriend,” Granda confirms.

Sex games continued, of course, and Granda claims Falwell Jr. has gotten more involved in them over time.

“Jerry went from just masturbating in the corner to whenever I finished, he would go for the second round,” Granda says.

The Falwells also lured Granda with money, supporting a $4.65 million inn in Miami that they allowed to help run and co-ownership. Granda recalls how the Falwell family introduced him to Donald Trump in September 2012, and this is where the documentary got interesting.

Granda recalls how the Falwell family introduced him to Donald Trump in September 2012, and this is where the documentary got interesting.

While a lot of Falwells’ sex scenes with Granda are now a public issue, Trump’s relationship has only been briefly explored. It really started, in 2015, when a pair of Miami real estate scammers who helped Granda shut down the inn all over again appeared to blackmail Granda and Falwells with the aforementioned “racy” photos of Granda and Becky engaging in sexual acts. Falwell Jr. enlisted Michael Cohen, a Trump aide, to handle the deal.

In May 2015, Falwells met Granda and offered him $1.1 million to buy him from the Miami inn, as well as an additional stake in the La Quinta Inn in Lynchburg. Granda accepts. Then they told him why they offered the deal: “They told me, Michael Cohen is approaching me and Donald Trump is going to run for president, and they want my approval,” Granda claims, adding: “If Jerry was going to get more involved with politicians like his dad did, he had to make sure that every His loose limbs are tied.”

Becky and Jerry Falwell Jr. God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Bringed Down a Dynastya new documentary on Hulu.

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On January 26, 2016, Falwell Jr. endorsed Trump for president. His endorsement was significant, as he allowed others in the evangelical community to rally behind a seemingly ungodly candidate who had numerous allegations of sexual assault, public affairs, and five children with three different women—much the way his father approved Reagan tipped the scales in favor of an actor. Former Hollywood on account actual Evangelist in Jimmy Carter.

Granda claims in God forbid That, in July 2016, “about four days” before Falwell Jr spoke glowingly about Trump at the Republican National Convention, he received a text message from Falwell Jr. saying he would ensure Granda gets $600,000 after taxes in the Miami deal — which was tied up in legal dispute. Once again, Granda agreed to the deal. “This was just another form of trapping my brother,” Granda’s sister offers in the film. “Jerry Falwell was dealing with the future president of this country, so he needed to make sure his circle was tight, and there wouldn’t be anyone to say anything crazy about them.”

Falwell Jr. has emerged as one of Trump’s top agents, defending him in the aftermath Getting to Hollywood The tape and the Charlottesville neo-Nazi demonstration.

“I felt guilty,” Granda says in the film. “I’m like, I know the real Jerry. He’s trying to appear such a tough guy, but I know him as the rudeness in the corner of the room.”

President Donald Trump (left) and Jerry Falwell (right), president of Liberty University, pose for photos with members of the Lou Price Gospel Choir during the opening ceremony at Liberty University on May 13, 2017, in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Cohen’s voice recognition To broker a Falwells picture deal somehow captured by comedian Tom Arnold in 2019, and the story explodes. Not long afterwards, Granda says he contemplated suicide, texting Becky, “You totally ruined my life. When they find my dead body hanging in the woods, please make sure you get my dog ​​back to my family. Bye.”

Instead, Granda decided to stay and fight. Granda says he’s disgusted by Falwell Jr’s support for Trump Came to Reuters In August 2020, he told his side of the story.

“At first, back in 2012, I was a Trump fan,” says Granda, who was a Republican. “I thought he was someone I would like to become [president]. But now he aspires to become a dictator. My family fled a country where a dictator consolidated his power. I did not feel optimistic about the future of our country. At that moment, I realized how heavy the world of Jerry Falwell Jr. was. If this guy can inaugurate Donald Trump in 2016, why not have the same power in 2020? “

Falwell Jr. eventually resigned in disgrace from Liberty University, which is currently Sue him for $40 million for breach of contract. He blamed it all on Becky.

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