“This Can’t Be Real”: Pastor Proposes to Widow at Husband’s Funeral, SA’s in Disbelief

“This Can’t Be Real”: Pastor Proposes to Widow at Husband’s Funeral, SA’s in Disbelief

  • A man of God was captured in a video seeking to comfort a woman who was burying her late husband
  • The pastor publicly displayed his soft spot for the widow in front of families and other mourners at his funeral
  • The post attracted a lot of comments from social media users who felt that he was disrespecting the late husband

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Social media users baffled after seeing a pastor seeking love at a funeral
A man went down his knee to propose to a woman at a funeral. Image: @living0od
Source: Instagram

A very distasteful video of a man believed to be a pastor making moves on a widow was shared on social media, causing an uproar from the online community members.

Social media user @living0od shared the clip on Instagram, attracting over 8.2 comments and 67K likes.

The proposal that got people talking

The clip shows the pastor kneeling on his knee in front of the lady, believed to be the widow and inserting a ring on the left finger. The woman hugs the man of God in front of her husband's coffin while attendees cheer and ululate in excitement.

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Watch the video below:

The pastor leaves social media users suspicious

After seeing the clip, social media users took to @living0od's comment section to display their shock. Many said the pair probably had a relationship while the late husband was alive, while others felt the pastor might have had something to do with the man's death.

User @yunysm_'s shared:

"On the husband's funeral?😮😮 something is not right."

User @swissmyss_ said:

"This can’t be real, he's comforting her 👀🤔😳😮."

User @nabillarry6 shared:

"This is not okay, specially to the man’s family 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

User @based_theology_memes commented:

"This is not what 1 Timothy meant when Paul told pastors to take care of widows 😅."

User @im2dp4you's said:

"Tacky, disrespectful, why would a man of God take advantage of the grieving widow!"

User @natashasidd

"Must investigate the husband’s death. Something like this happened in my country. The pastor literally gave drugs to slowly kill the husband😝."

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Bongiwe Mati (Editor) Bongiwe Mati is an experienced reporter currently working under the Human Interest desk at Briefly News since (Aug 2024). Prior to joining the Briefly team, she worked for a campus newspaper at the University of the Western Cape (2005) before joining the Marketing and Sales department at Leadership Magazine, Cape Media (2007-2009). She later joined BONA magazine as an Editorial Assistant (2023-2024), writing for digital and print magazines under current news, entertainment, and human interest categories. She can be reached at bongiwe.mati@briefly.co.za