Vicar laughs off Zoom gaffe

A Zoom filter blunder has accidentally turned a Warwickshire Vicar into a Blues Brother – and a social media sensation to boot!
During a church service streamed live to churchgoers, Reverend Vaughan Roberts was turned into the spitting image of Joliet Jake Blues from the hit 1980 movie.

As he begins to address the congregation at St Mary's Church in Warwick, the hilarious filter appears. 

A video published on The Daily Mail’s website shows Rev Roberts welcoming online Church members, wearing a black fedora hat and sunglasses.
Wife to 'blame'
He believes his wife, Mandy, inadvertently selected the filter while setting up his mobile phone to record the service.

Rev Roberts laughed off the gaffe, saying a button must have accidentally been pressed while setting up for the Sunday service.

'At least it wasn't Rambo or the Godfather,' he quipped.

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