Anderson Cooper Calls Out Pat Robertson On "Towels Could Have AIDS" Statement

Anderson Cooper, in his CNN segment "The Ridiculist," reacted to Pat Robertson's statement about AIDS. Cooper started off by saying: "Tonight we have an important warning for all Americans. Not from the government, but from the grouchy grandpa of televangelism, the infinity pool of misinformation that is Pat Robertson."

As you may recall, Pat Robertson advised his 700 Club viewers that they should be careful should they go to Kenya because "the towels could have AIDS."

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"Just to be clear, if like Pat Robertson you somehow missed all the evidence, all the research, the depth and breadth of all the knowledge garnered about HIV and AIDS over the past three decades, you cannot get HIV if you share towels."

Anderson went on and called Robertson out on some of his other ridiculous claims, like categorically saying that "people overseas" should not eat vegetables and eat ice cream because it's not safe. And how the gay people in San Francisco have an ingenious way of spreading "the stuff" by using specialized rings.



He also makes fun of the woman in the clip of Robertson, who somehow agrees to everything the televangelist says. Cooper said: "How much do they pay that woman to seat there like a zombie?"

Way to go, Anderson Cooper!


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