Days before his 70th birthday and following comments about how talk of religion in Hollywood is "not fashionable", the celebrated actor has been baptized and presented with a minister's license. He’s been in countless films, from , , , to the Equalizer franchise and this year's . Now, Denzel Washington can add minister to his impressive resumé.
The two-time Academy Award winner was baptized days before his 70th birthday at the Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ in New York City’s Harlem. Washington was also presented with a minister’s license, meaning that the actor can now be ordained in the future. “In one week I turn 70.
It took a while, but I’m here,” the prolific actor said. “If (God) can do this for me, there’s nothing He can’t do for you. The sky literally is the limit.
” Washington has been open about his faith before, telling last month that even if talk of religion in Hollywood “is not fashionable,” he wishes to share his beliefs. “I’m unafraid. I don’t care what anyone thinks.
See, talking about the fear part of it - you can’t talk like that and win Oscars. You can’t talk like that and party. You can’t say that in this town,” he wrote.
He continued: “It’s not fashionable. It’s not sexy. But that doesn’t mean people in Hollywood don’t believe.
There’s no such thing called Hollywood anyway. What does that even mean? That to me means a street called Hollywood Boulevard. It’s not like we all meet somewhere and disc.
