Graham Allen REALLY BELIEVED he had Candace Owens in a "gotcha" moment. Little did he know, he was stepping on an upward facing rake that smashed him in the face...
Not good, Graham. Not good.
"Candace is unlike any other conservative voice we've encountered. She is confident, articulate, charismatic, she's fierce, she's funny, she's direct "
It is just plain EVIL to reject JESUS after all of this…
I don’t see how you come to the full realization of the shame, ridicule & reproach he bore just for you & me, despite having no sin in Him
You think protecting Erika means calling out Candace; I think if you don’t wish to call attention to a negative attack, don’t call attention to it. Does that work for you Ben? May I have your approval now? No, I don’t think so.
Bc you and your little cohort of sick followers aren’t mad about anything involving me and Erika Kirk, who you barely know (trust me; I’ve checked). You turned on me when I wouldn’t de-friend Tucker whose criticism of Israel you can’t stand - and when I defended Candace’s questions about whether Charlie, before he was killed, was growing more skeptical of Israel (HE WAS).
You’re right that, at Erika’s request, I tried to help her and Candace get to an okay place - an effort that failed and which now you mock - but Christians like me are pretty big on forgiveness and reconciliation. I tried to help you and Tucker get there too, remember? More of my “cowardice” I guess.
One final point: you handled your anger toward me in the most despicable way possible. Did you call me? Text me? Raise it with me privately after all we had been thru together over the years? No, you attacked me on stage at the Turning Point event without so much as a heads-up. Bc you were too chicken shit to say it to my face. I texted you afterward and you never responded. You didn’t have the balls to have a face-to-face talk or even a text or call about it. You are the coward, Ben. And your moral preening, priggish lectures and holier-than-thou judgments are the reason you are losing fans and, more than that, friends, at a record rate.
You always told me you were a “family guy” not a “friend guy.” I learned the hard way you really meant it.
Chris Pratt drops this unfiltered truth bomb at the MTV Awards:
"God is real. He loves you. God wants the best for you. Believe that. I do. Learn to pray. It's easy, and it's so good for your soul."
Then he goes deeper:
- "Nobody is perfect. People are going to tell you you're perfect just the way you are. You're not. You are imperfect. You always will be."
- "But there is a powerful force that designed you that way. And if you're willing to accept that, you will have grace. And grace is a gift."
- "Like the freedom that we enjoy in this country, that grace was paid for with somebody else's blood. Do not forget it. Don't take it for granted."
Raw, direct, zero apologies—delivered on one of the biggest stages in entertainment.
Still one of the most talked-about acceptance speeches years later.
What hits you hardest from this? The call to pray, the reminder of imperfection, the grace message, or something else? Share your thoughts below—open to hearing where it lands for you.