Comedian Matt Rife, who gained popularity on TikTok in recent years, revealed he was baptized this past August.
Rife surprised fellow comedians Yannis Pappas and Chris Distefano with the news during his appearance on their podcast, “History Hyenas.”
Rife, known for his vulgar stand-up comedy that often includes jokes about topics such as race, gender, and disabilities, shared that his decision to get baptized followed the death of his grandfather.
Matt Rife Reveals He Got Baptized Following Grandfather’s Death
During the podcast, the three men were discussing a recent discovery of dinosaur bones, and Pappas joked that Rife was “basically making a case for Christ.”
“I try to,” Rife responded. “I got baptized in August.”
Distefano, shocked, asked, “You got baptized in August? [Was it a] Catholic [baptism]?”
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“Just Christian,” Rife replied.
Distefano shook his hand and said, “Wow! You got fully baptized. Water on your head and everything?”
“Yeah, in a dude’s pool,” Rife confirmed.
Distefano, still surprised, asked, “Wait a second, that’s fascinating to me. What convinced you to get baptized?”
Rife explained that his grandfather’s passing led to his decision. “I’ve never been a super religious person, but when my grandpa passed away, something hit me that I was never going to see this person again,” Rife said. “So something has to exist…so I started to go to church a little bit more.”
However, Rife admitted that he dislikes church. “I hate church,” he said. “I find it excruciatingly boring.”
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Pappas and Distefano agreed, joking that pastors “keep doing the same act” repeatedly during services. Notably, within the past year Distefano has publicly recommended Lee Strobel’s “The Case for Christ” to religious skeptic Bill Maher and to podcast host Joe Rogan.
