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Christian video blogger Sam Rader admits he used cheating site Ashley Madison, but says that God forgave him and he never cheated on his wife.

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Rader, who gained Internet fame by sharing his love of Christianity and his wife, is now among the many "victims" of Ashley Madison’s hacking.

In the mea culpa above, he appears with wife Nia, confessing, "I made the account two years ago … this was brought to my wife’s attention."

"She has forgiven me," Sam says, as has God.

According to Rader, he only used the infamous site for chatting purposes, claiming he never met a woman face-to-face through it.

He also insists he has never had an affair. His claims are plausible, since it’s hard to imagine 37 million users all consummating an online tryst.

A chat room to a hotel room is a big step, and the hackers also allege that Ashley Madison routinely defrauded clients with fake female accounts.

Still, given his devout Christian beliefs and how he rode them to fame, he’s been likened to Josh Duggar cheating on Anna (which Josh did admit).

Earlier this month, Sam Rader "surprised" Nia with news of her pregnancy, a feat he pulled off by ganking some of her urine from the toilet … seriously.

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Obviously, video of this (above) went viral.

It gets weirder, though. Days later, the duo claimed to have suffered a miscarriage, and they shared the news online (below). That too went viral.

Since the two videos amassed millions of views, and took Sam and Nia from little known religious vloggers to viral sensations, people wondered:

Could this have all been a PR stunt?

Then, rather than angrily denying claims of fakery or really defending themselves, Sam and Nia issued a confusing statement about the pregnancy.

Instead, they confusingly said that the pregnancy had indeed been staged … by God, whose plans for their family they are merely carrying out.

Or something. It’s all very unusual.

All we know is that news of Sam using a paid service designed to help married people cheat on their spouses seems a bit out of character, no?

We hope it’s true that he never took it beyond a chat room and that God/Nia forgave him, but you can’t help but side-eye the guy after this …

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