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Mark Ruffalo faked his religious salvation, On PBS' Tavis Smiley
By April MacIntyre Feb 23, 2010, 18:55 GMT
US actor Mark Ruffalo EPA/JOERG CARSTENSEN
Tavis Smiley has one of the hottest chat shows around, no fanfare or drama like Conan and Jay, just good straight talk from an array of heavy hitters.
Tavis airs tonight, Tuesday February 23, with actor Mark Ruffalo, one of the stars of the new Scorsese film "Shutter Island" (also starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jackie Earle Haley)
Ruffalo will be appearing tonight on PBS’ “Tavis Smiley.”
During the interview, Ruffalo will talk about how as a child, his grandmother asked him to offer up his soul to Rev. Jimmy Swaggart for salvation when Swaggart was a guest pastor at her local evangelical church.
Ruffalo was eight years old at time, and to avoid the potential shame of not being saved, he faked his salvation, falling back into the arms of other parishioners!
It’s a great story, see video below.
To find your local showtime for “Tavis Smiley” visit http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/broadcast/index.html?edit_st=y
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