Pastor Bo: A right-on-the-nose evaluation of fame

Photo from Bo Wagner / Have you seen this man? This selfie of Bo Wagner covered in drywall dust has gone viral as a statement by some anti-mask wearers that masks can't protect users from small particles in the air. In some discussions, medical personnel have weighed in with reminders that masks are effective at containing the wearer's cough and sneeze droplets, especially important for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients who may not know they carry the coronavirus. Wagner says he's surprised that it's his nose that has ultimately brought him fame. Photo from Bo Wagner / Have you seen this man? This selfie of Bo Wagner covered in drywall dust has gone viral as a statement by some anti-mask wearers that masks can't protect users from small particles in the air. In some discussions, medical personnel have weighed in with reminders that masks are effective at containing the wearer's cough and sneeze droplets, especially important for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients who may not know they carry the coronavirus. Wagner says he's surprised that it's his nose that has ultimately brought him fame.

By Pastor Bo Wagner May 30, 2020 4 min read

My mother has, for years, expressed her opinion that one day I will be famous. My wife as well has asserted that she expects people across the world to know me. But being, in my view, “a no one from nowhere,” I have merely brushed those lofty expectations aside as the rose-colored-glasses view of the people who love me. So when fame finally came, it was as much of a shock to me as to anyone.

“Hey, is this your nose?”

That message was a bit disconcerting. I cast about in my mind trying to figure out what my good friend could possibly be talking about, and then I saw the picture he attached.

It was indeed my nose.

Perhaps a bit of a backdrop is needed for you to fully grasp the hilarity and oddity of my Mike Wazowski “I’m on the cover of a magazine!” type moment (from a scene in “Monsters, Inc.”)