On a mission from God
A VICAR became an unlikely viral hero after a Zoom blunder turned him into a Blues Brother during a live-streamed service. Reverend Vaughan Roberts, 62, appeared before his congregation wearing a black fedora hat and dark sunglasses. He was left looking like “Joliet” Jake Blues from the hit 1980 movie Blues Brothers. Rev Roberts has blamed his wife Mandy, 62, for inadvertently adding a filter while setting up his mobile phone. He said: “At least it wasn’t Rambo or the Godfather. “I suppose it’s meant to be Joliet – because I look a lot more like John Belushi than Elwood Blues. “Unlike in the film, I did not go cartwheeling down the aisle. “It wasn’t until I got home and photographs and videos were pinging around on social media I realised it was a Blues Brothers filter.”
Mandy and Vaughan were preparing for a Sunday service at St Mary’s Church, in Warwick.
When the service began, Mandy whispered: “I don’t know what I’ve done but there’s a hat and glasses on your face and I don’t know how to turn it off.”
Rev Roberts added: “I had to take evasive action. I decided not to come forward again and do the rest of the service from the bench. Thankfully it was only on my face for a couple of minutes while I was doing the welcome.”
The footage has since been viewed by thousands on social media.
Tom Caswell wrote: “You should do this every week – Rev Roberts proving he is definitely a Soul Man right there.”
Ben Kingston added: “I was just waiting for him to start cartwheeling down the aisles with James Brown asking, ‘Can you see the light?’”
Stephen Keen said: “This has truly brightened up my day. Funniest thing I have seen in a long time.”