After being baptized, the 'Gladiator 2' actor became a minister of God in real life

REVELATION – The Hollywood star would have appeared “exalted” during the ceremony which consecrated him

It's a role that he will play off camera: actor Denzel Washington was baptized, Saturday December 21, 2024, in an evangelical church in Harlem (New York). He also obtained the status of “minister of God”, which potentially allows him to become a pastor, reports Variety.

Broadcast live on social networks, the event was a consecration “awaited for a very long time” by the actor who can currently be seen in Gladiator 2: “I will be 70 years old on December 28, 2024… it took me time, but I'm finally there,” he declared in the presence of his loved ones.

“I will do everything I can do for this church,” promised Denzel Washington, who does not intend, however, to abandon his acting career… even if he is well aware that being “religious in Hollywood does not is not very “sexy”, at least not fashionable… But that doesn’t mean that people aren’t believers in Hollywood.”

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