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Big Chick Huntsberry has gone through a lot of changes since dedicating his life to God, but the 340-pound former professional wrestler and bodyguard for rock star Prince said turning the other cheek isn’t necessarily one of them. “I might be a Christian, but I’m not an idiot,” the 6-foot-6 man said. “If some dude smacked me, I’d probably smack him back. But I’d pray for him afterwards. . . . You don’t have to be a sissy to love Jesus.” Huntsberry, 47, who said he once had a $1,000-a-day cocaine habit, found religion when his grandson recovered from a choking episode last summer. In January, he started “Big Chick Ministries,” which warns teen-agers and their parents about drugs, suicide and rock music.
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