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Ted Haggard to Appear on Celebrity Wife Swap

According to an article in People magazine, pastor Ted Haggard will be featured in the upcoming season of Celebrity Wife Swap, reportedly exchanging spouses with actor Gary Busey. Producers of the show confirmed Haggard and his wife Gayle would appear on the show, although Haggard himself has not commented on his participation.

In the reality show’s premise, two couples, typically from differing backgrounds and lifestyles, “swap” wives for two weeks. The first week, the new wives are expected to abide by the house rules and lifestyle; the second week, the new wife is permitted to make her own demands and rules, and the family must adhere to them. “Swapped” spouses on the show do not share a bedroom.

Haggard spent some time in the spotlight in 2006 when a scandal involving drug use and homosexual prostitution forced him to resign as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and as senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo. He currently pastors St. James Church in Colorado Springs. Busey himself is a born-again Christian and an active participant in the Promise Keepers movement.