I Impersonated the World's Most Successful Megachurch Pastor Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen is one of the most famous televangelists in the world. A Houston based pastor, Joel is famous for his arena sized congregations, his globally broadcast sermons, and more recently, his refusal to open his church after Hurricane Harvey. Even Oprah is a fan. In this episode of Fame-ish, Vice meets Michael Klimkowski, a struggling comedian in LA with an uncanny likeness to the famous pastor.
After successfully crashing a sold out Joel Osteen event in 2017 in character as Joel Osteen, Michael has gained notoriety as the only Joel Osteen Pastor in the year. Will he ride this title to fame?
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[@VICE]

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[@so1667]

VICE Usa your food is fake

[@MrDavidBFoster]

That's an interesting segue..

[@DavenHiskey]

VICE BLASPHEMY

[@DavenHiskey]

Blasphemous🙏

[@DavenHiskey]

Mixalhs Fvs What food..oh..wait you mean the chocolate crucifixes right

[@WordUnheard]

An imposter impersonating an imposter. That's deep.

[@PrincessAshley12]

Imposter-ception

[@TheCreativeSk8er]

lol

[@PoetryHound]

Yeah, but he needs to do something audacious. So far, the pranking is a bit tame.

[@Leo1239150]

Word Unheard I don't wanna be 2008 but yo dawg!

[@Ryan-mt2uz]

Thought the exact same thing!!

[@Stonktradomus]

When fake Joel saves your soul, and real Joel has you out here paper chasing.

[@ddave7026]

Preach!

[@FatalGunpoint007]

When the fake joel allows you in his house during a hurricane but not the real joel

[@salud1541]

Somehow fake Joel sounds more Christian than real Joel.

[@sungaze342]

🤣🤣🤣😭🤣🤣😭😭😭😭🤣🤣

[@Sdwp777]

Are u on ur way to Church in ur pfp?

[@ziddi2603]

Fans cant tell the imposter from the imposter! love it

[@FS2k16]

"I m asking for beer but they got only soda"

[@thomast6741]

Joel only blinks a lot when he knows he's lying.

[@christinarose2877]

Thomas Trammell He should be blinking 24/7

[@jearmeymorgan8297]

Lol I see what you done there.. he always blinks a lot! 😂😂🤷

[@haydenharris3059]

27/7

[@RogueWave2030]

To me the creepiest thing of all is his perpetual smile.

[@randyjohnson9772]

@@RogueWave2030 PERPETUAL FAKE SMILE@!@

[@Luaksz]

Is this strider Wilson? Edit- it is, IT IS I saw my man JT Parr.

[@beenasfarastodecidetouseve6733]

From benihanas to vice!!

[@jimmoody1662]

Why haven't I seen this before. My stoke gauge is full

[@prizice4148]

Good to see he got out of Benihanas

[@taxthepoor22]

stoke up stokers

[@ZikoHendrix]

Stau stocked my dogs

[@bencayler2828]

Straight fired up for my boy Strider making it big. Stoked my favorite guest on the pod is on Vice.

[@alexshuey3942]

my dog!

[@picnicsupplies]

Facts I’m stoked as well

[@Jesse-dj3vt]

I stroked too

[@doghorsefish9320]

Facts that’s where i’ve seen his face before! Lmao it’s all so much funnier now

[@XenoTravis]

YO I SWEAR I HEARD HIM!

[@bannockchief]

This guy is as much Joel Olsteen as Joel Olsteen is as much a man of God.

[@RogueWave2030]

Andrew Williams Well said.

[@beyonderssupreme]

Those pastors read too much bible script it brainwashed them, made them hallucinating

[@beyonderssupreme]

You can ask 10 pastors, at least 9 of them claiming to hear god replied them, only 1 left are still stay normal, while all the rest pastors show signs of high hallucination and paranoid effects.

[@anakelly76512]

@@beyonderssupreme You can never read too much Bible.

[@ZiiiP2142]

@@beyonderssupreme They are not brainwashed, they are scammers who brainwash the dumb religious crowds.

[@_Kmf_03]

He looks like a rip off Matthew McConaughey

[@lexkinetic5448]

Kyler Ford That’s exactly what I thought too

[@dapperblue1764]

Kyler Ford You are right on the money with Matthew McConaughey!

[@MichaelKlimkowski]

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[@lloydchristmas4547]

Only in Dallas Buyers Club though.

[@_Kmf_03]

Alpha O'Mega I was thinking more of wolf of wall street

[@keepXonXrockin]

The likeness landed in the hands of the right guy is all I can see. Would be wasted on someone without a sense of humour.

[@MellowMadnessRMX]

The art of scamming 101.. but this is hilarious.

[@AngryKittens]

He's scamming a scammer.

[@laurencebensimon6394]

Amalek ! What do you hope to fight ? Truth, Love, Peace ? No way....rather fight yourself or stop existing

[@alien4053]

"Let's go bless some people" - Michael Klimkowski 2018.

[@binaryvoid0101]

It’s 2019, bitch. Where he at?

[@hannacastMAKEUP]

Its definitely proof that somewhere in the world there will always be someone that looks like you.

[@Ken-pv9zu]

So stoked to see my boy Strider coming up.

[@queenofeverything1313]

Who's strider ?

[@SuperPeterok]

Strider Hiryu

[@Alan-wj5zc]

"God wanted me to use the church money to buy a newer private Jet" - All megachurch pastors.

[@RogueWave2030]

Alan Gonzalez I hope they enjoy the toys while the can...they will surely be called to answer for it.

[@kilmoturtles1]

He looks JUST LIKE that one preacher guy!

[@haydenharris3059]

LOL

[@edmon0709]

I would be passing that collection plate around everywhere

[@josef4591]

This guy is hilarious.....

[@boogiemayes]

"i get the biggest laugh i've ever had in my comedy career"

[@wisegal88]

Joel is a motivational speaker. He never preaches the wages of sin or hell.

[@crybaby2696]

he also really likes your money

[@college54114]

The way those people gasp out “Joel?” when they see him coming 😂😅😂😅

[@BMill88]

As a Christian, I find this very off...HILARIOUS! 😂😂...and real Christians know Joel is nothing but a motivational speaker.

[@supremeleader9440]

I guess thats why they keep him well paid lmaoo

[@JohnDoe-bm5lp]

@@supremeleader9440 motivation speakers are well paid

[@lallybev]

Yeah... Like the pope

[@KhumoMalope]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ericphelps4362]

Just a motivational speaker LOL true that like Jesus just a motivational speaker no sarcasm here honest words

[@GamingWithMB]

So a fraud copying a fraud lmao the world we live in

[@jearmeymorgan8297]

This dude didn't do anything fraudulent bro.. I see what you're trying to say, but fraud isn't the right word. It presumes that this innocent guy has done something wrong when he hasn't..

[@guzlemuzle]

Jearmey Morgan he even said where is Joel's entrance lol they thought he was speaking in 3rd person

[@jearmeymorgan8297]

@@guzlemuzle yeah, pretty funny video really.. kind of shows how gullible and ignorant most religious people are.

[@radicaledward3018]

Yeah like Franklin impersonating CJ 🎮😜

[@speedyrob6651]

@@jearmeymorgan8297 No, just shows how gullible people are in general

[@ibexey8807]

Life is one big circus act/ social experiment.

[@kylereese3957]

a real life Truman show an intergalactic petri dish of suffering and 4chan users

[@partyinthecookiejar]

Life is a perception, it’s not reality.

[@ilikewaffles889]

Aries 93 It’s just a prank bro

[@mji245]

Life is like a box of chocolates...it's shit

[@__-pl3jg]

Yup..."Life is a farce we are all forced to endure"

[@AlexasArtRoom]

I watch this at least twice a year. Still hilarious every time.

[@layoflakersnation]

comedians are so pure

[@88ganzini88]

Comedians are dirtbags hahah. Always really nice though

[@rubenscott3972]

I won’t lie if I was the real guy I would hire you just so I could take weeks day off

[@crisduel]

He should get on a podcast with H3

[@dimmondog322]

Unicorn FUN H3 is cancer

[@crisduel]

Feels Train your existence is cancer

[@tavog8150]

Rogan would be more interesting

[@maisaltyleftnut8138]

H3 sucks

[@grammarpolice9645]

Absolutely hilarious, he also seems genuine and like an all around good guy.

[@nickh5195]

Aw wadddup council. This gets me stoked

[@lilbpack1]

Snuggle butt- Lil B

[@dfredankey]

Nice bro

[@prod.eenigma]

lmao why u here based god

[@UNDERGROUNDSKOOPTV]

🐐🐐🐐

[@tonyalston4838]

TYBG

[@maliki14]

TYBG

[@nickc9482]

"This is about the thrill of wearing another man's skin. Feeling his innermost wants and desires and being in control of his every single move. That's how you get off. Now don't you guys want to get off with me?" - Dennis Reynolds

[@mr.e8282]

3:15 😂😂😂 You just made my list of personal heros.

[@bink9113]

That would be my luck to be baptized after a lifetime of sin by an imposter lol

[@kylebossify]

You mean "megachurch imPASTOR" #missedopportunity

[@MrArtVein]

Kyle Reininghaus 🏆🏆🏆

[@diegoflores1500]

This a dub

[@bostonmason2093]

Ahahahahahahahaaaa

[@marksang-pur9984]

Still can't believe i went with my ex's family to see this hack. Her mom was all into it while I just kept laughing at all the BS he was spouting lmao

[@RogueWave2030]

Marcos Andrade They ought to provide airline puke bags in the pews.

[@imcphan1]

He preaches a prosperity gospel 2peters:2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. ... For if God spared not the angels that sinned ...

[@goodasgoing]

Yeah, Mega prosperity for himself.

[@XBLGR]

I like how he is aware of how ridiculous it is and just does it for the bants and seems really chill. so many impersonators get way too into it and become super delusional

[@codecultra]

This guy playing a reinterpretation scene of Matthew McConaughey playing Joel Olsteen. The matrix

[@echln3209]

That quote in the beginning is my lifes motto now

[@SandyRiverBlue]

LOL. I love that he pronounces it Awe-steen. That's how I'm pronouncing it from now and if someone corrects me I'ma double down, Awwww-steen?

[@angelmatos9143]

For tax purposes there are many mega-church impostors.

[@seanwiggan751]

currently missing a shift at beni hana

[@hoovglenn262]

How can he not only look like Joel, but has almost the exact same looking teeth?!

[@isusjebogisaija96-75]

Seven night ago i sleep and in my Spirit i heard like never before, such a strong voice in my Spirit (Like Thunder) !!! I AM COMING ❤️ FATHER ADONAI ❤️ Speak with us !!! Wake up Church and Repent IN JESUS NAME ❤️ ADONAI ❤️ No more time !!! Church Rapture any day now !!! See you in Heaven 😀

[@NicholasPOGM]

Amazing.. an imposter imitating an imposter.

[@Karmathevisualizer1908]

I love him yooooooooooo he the real mvp impersonating Joel at an actual Joel event🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@threestars2164]

The Aramaic speaking rabbi yeshua ben yosef would not even understand Paul let alone Joel Osteen lmao

[@Yessentuki4]

if religion is defined as following rituals and rules with no personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I totally agree with the quote in the beginning.

[@Guitarmachine115]

Joel Osteen: “Yo it’s Sunday you got my money?”

[@candymr2]

This guy could be a millionaire in a month

[@bobby5138]

Impersonating a impersonator is what your doing. Joel osteen wouldn't know God if he came down and started talking to him.

[@m3llowrush]

Strider and JT!!!! so stoked

[@asdafsd773]

Damn stoked, its Strider from Benihana

[@___David___Savian]

The fake blinking is everything. LOL !

[@dguaracha123]

This guy just fucks around for life XD

[@connor5785]

Free Strider from Benihana’s!

[@SkyLukewater]

Only in America would a pastor be as famous as a rock star

[@nubiandoll7]

At least he didn’t have plastic surgery to look like him like other people do 🤷🏽‍♀️ he’s a natural

[@___David___Savian]

The best way to impersonate Joel Osteen is by asking people for huge amounts of money so that you can keep it.

[@jerrybishop2115]

To be honest Osteen is more of a spiritual motivational speaker than anything else

[@clownster456]

I’m from Houston and have been to Lakewood so many times it’s a nice place

[@aaron5222]

He just did this recently with Chad and JT. Pure gold

[@thecontendingforthefaith]

So in other words, an actor portraying an actor

[@DanA-zf8bt]

This was funny as hell

[@stacib1199]

Its weird to see him in a flannel lol

[@jamesabarela]

WTF am I watching right now!!! What is this? This guy is pretty dam funny tho!!! His punch lines "God bless" and "Amen" lol

[@justingonzalez702]

Man, John Stewart is such a noble man! Why doesn't every video ever made start out with a quote from him?

[@kaceyinscho4563]

I just realized a missed opportunity for this Vice piece: they should have played the choir hymns from Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the background

[@C.Ross_Faded]

“Dabs” Den, I bet the smell stays with you for days 😂

[@SebastianScales]

What up Strider 🤟🏼

[@kilmoturtles1]

He hit the life lottery, but he definitely is not very good with the impersonation and could work on it a bit. If he was even basic good at it, he would squint his eyes like Joel does/ It is easy enough to say" God Bless" like Joel, but at least squint your damn eyes! What a lottery to hit though! Who can't say " AND WITH THE POWER INVESTED IN ME, MAY GOD BLESS YOUR LEFT TOE WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND THE SOUL OF JESUS, WHO DIED FOR ALL OF US SO THAT WE MAY TAKE THAT NEXT STEP INTO THE HEAVENS ABOVE. AMEN! MAY GOD TOUCH THE WORDS OF OUR SONS WITH THE GATES OF HEAVEN AS OUR BURDEN, SHALL HE COMMIT TO US WITH OUR LOVE AND GRACE, THAT WE ALL SHALL SPEND ETERNITY IN THE LOVING HANDS OF OUR FATHER. Just got to throw a bunch of nonsense Bible words together and people following that garbage will just nod their heads in agreement.

[@MichaelKlimkowski]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nofceJqwqryNqJY

[@kilmoturtles1]

touche!

[@brianramirez8255]

This is fucking awesome

[@makdaddy361]

Do NOT be conceived. God is NOT mocked. Whatever a man seweth he shall also reap.. Idolizing the creation more than the creator, who is Blessed forever. You

[@excaliburhead]

He took a plastic cup of water and baptized a dog. My kind of preacher.

[@SuperBikeRacer7]

A slight resemblance only, I would never mistake him for Joel !

[@sincerelyrob4240]

The video should be called impersonating an impersonator.

[@zachsawyer2067]

STRIDER GOING SO DEEP

[@salud1541]

“They don’t want to say their favorite Bible verse, they want to take a picture with him” that sounds like a prosperity preacher.

[@quikness5284]

This is hilarious!!

[@budd2018]

Plot twist- Its Joel's son from a pot luck years back.

[@Sirpushyou]

Looks like this guy didn’t ride his bike too fast as a kid because he thought it was illegal.

[@squirrelgray945]

What! Divorced Dad's Movie Reviews isn't a thing. Fake news.

[@jcreash1]

Strider Wilson from history is dank pod. This fires me up!

[@misstrKevin]

Is that Mark Normand impersonating an up and coming comedian impersonating Joel osteen?

[@alexahmann6562]

I knew it was a bit but it’s wild knowing my boy Striders real name is Michael.

[@armandsen]

Soo fricking dank dude

[@kimj8578]

😂😂😂😂

[@sir.joshuarane.doebler3762]

They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery? That's what they say... Jesus Christ, is the name of God. He lives. Praise and Glory to God. Praise and Bless His holy name.

[@whoaccountisdisanyway2985]

Keep up all the hard work man!

[@Joneyjamz]

Next do Cleetus McFarland. Hell yeah brother. Hahaha

[@jkfdkjjd]

Seriously, there is no way that 100 million households in the USA watch this guy's show.

[@tomboyclaude]

for what it’s worth, I’ve met the actual joel osteen and think you’re hilarious the real joel was really quiet in person, but I expected him to act like how the fake one did. talkative, nice, and blinking a lot hahahaha

[@kendallwhite7002]

He seems like a really cool guy.

[@ninac1954]

how you impersonate an impersonator? lmfaooo

[@Jesus.X]

lol at the dog baptism he performed.

[@crazypilot4017]

At least Michael showed more truth and transparency here in this video than Joel Osteen ever has in his "prosperity gospel speeches"...and he did it for free, where as Joel sometimes charges a fee for his speech events...

[@otreed2311]

STRIDER?!!! VICE ?? my guy, your stokeness justt went up 100x

[@CARSON808]

This got me so fired up right now