Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker's son reveals what she would think of Trump and where he stands with MAGA dad

Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker's lad thinks his parent would beryllium shocked that Donald Trump become president of the US fixed however harshly her household was judged by evangelicals.

Jay Bakker, 48, said the 1980s televangelist would beryllium amazed that conservatives have embraced Trump aft his transgression convictions and past of alleged extramarital affairs, due to the fact that they were not truthful forgiving of his televangelist parents after his father's fiscal misdeeds were revealed.

'I deliberation she would beryllium shocked,' Bakker told DailyMail.com connected Friday. 'I deliberation it besides would beryllium shocking to her due to the fact that of however vilified my parents were, and present everybody, each the evangelicals are like, "oh, no, it's fine."

'I deliberation that would beryllium mind-boggling.... I don't cognize if my ma was truly made for this satellite aft she left.'

Tammy Faye's daze would besides widen to today's Democrats, arsenic she would not o.k. of however strict with their beliefs they person become, Jay added.

'I don't deliberation she would admit adjacent the progressive portion of the satellite wherever radical are truthful achromatic and achromatic with things.. my ma conscionable wanted to emotion people,' helium said.

While the precocious Tammy Fay whitethorn not person approved of today's GOP, 83-year-old Jim Bakker has go a immense protagonist of Trump, who helium often praises connected his amusement wherever helium preaches astir the extremity of times.

Jay told DailyMail.com that Bakker's arguable positions person enactment a wedge successful their relationship. 

'I bash not person a narration with my dad. We haven't talked for a while,' helium said connected Friday.

'He's... I don't adjacent cognize however to explicate it, truthful we conscionable don't person a narration anymore.'

Jay, however, does support successful interaction with his older sister Tammy Sue. 

'Me and my sister, we're friends everlastingly and she's fantastic and she conscionable likes to unrecorded her beingness privately,' helium added.

Back successful the 1980s, Tammy Faye, who died successful 2007 astatine 65, electrified congregations with her elaborately coiffed hairsbreadth and outlandish fluttery eyelashes.

But dissimilar galore televangelists of the time, she was benignant to cheery radical and AIDS sufferers, making her a campy leader to galore successful the LGBT community.

Her communicative is told successful the caller Broadway amusement produced by Elton John, Tammy Faye: The Musical. The amusement premiered this period but volition adjacent successful December aft it struggled to merchantability tickets.

Bakker shared that Elton has been similar a gramps fig to him, and took large attraction successful retelling Tammy Faye's analyzable story.

'He's ever conscionable checking successful connected maine and like, "are you happy? Are you OK?" Bakker shared of the megastar musician, adding that helium besides enjoys a adjacent relationship with his husband, David Furnish.

Bakker continued: 'We're truly adjacent and Elton's ever conscionable benignant of the grandparent checking connected you, making definite you're happy, making definite the play is close and helium has conscionable specified a reverence and emotion for my mom...

'Just each clip helium sees me, helium grabs maine and hugs me. So it's truly surreal, too, due to the fact that it's, you know, Elton John.'

Before their downfall, Tammy Faye and Bakker were said to unrecorded successful tasteless opulence. Their dogs had air-conditioned kennels, and the mates held a wedding ceremonial for Tammy's Yorkshire terrier and poodle.

The Bakkers got their commencement by appearing connected Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network successful 1966, earlier branching retired connected their ain to motorboat the PTL Satellite Network successful 1974.

Their fame and pursuing grew implicit the adjacent decennary until 1986, erstwhile PTL reported staggering proceeds of $129 million.

The erstwhile couple's evangelical empire included bestselling books, music, and a Christian taxable parkland called Heritage USA.

Things came crashing down aft a drawstring of scandals, which included everything from misappropriating religion funds to paying PTL caput Jessica Hahn $279,000 successful 'hush money' pursuing an alleged intersexual encounter.

The mates divorced aft Jim was indicted connected message fraud and ligament fraud successful 1988 and sentenced to 45 years successful prison. He was freed aft serving 5 years pursuing a palmy sentence-reduction hearing.

Tammy Faye went onto wed operation brag Roe Messner, taking his surname. The mates remained happily joined until her decease from crab successful 2007.