Brian Houston denies posting tweet about ‘ladies and girls kissing’

Hillsong founder Brian Houston has denied sharing a tweet on his X – formerly Twitter – account about “ladies and girls kissing”. 

The strange post appeared late on Tuesday night Australian Eastern Daylight Time, Relevant magazine reports, prompting speculation that it was really a web search that had been posted to the incorrect place by mistake. 

It was deleted 16 minutes later but not before it had been seen by some X users who posted scathing responses. 

Houston has since re-posted an announcement from an X account called @yolandamariee23 that Houston said was his personal assistant. 

The statement claimed that his account had been hacked and that X users should “disregard anything that seems out of the conventional”. 

“Rest assured we’re working on discovering how Ps. Brian was hacked,” the statement said.

“Our team has ascertained that somebody logged into his account from a location throughout the USA. We’ve modified his password so here’s hoping they now not have access.

“Please disregard anything that seems out of the conventional. For your safety remember Pastor Brian doesn’t contact anyone privately.”

Houston resigned from Hillsong in 2022 after investigations into allegations of substance abuse and misconduct involving two women. He denied wrongdoing. 

Last December, he and wife Bobbie announced plans to open a recent church in 2024.