700 Club Apologizes After Pat Robertson Claimed You Can Get Aids from Kenyan Towels

Last week, televangelist Pat Robertson warned his viewers that they need to be careful when visiting Kenya because “the towels could have AIDS.” 

During the Thursday edition of The 700 Club, a viewer told Robertson in an email that God had called them to go on a mission trip to Kenya, but friends and family had said that it was dangerous because of the recent Ebola crisis.

Robertson pointed out that there was not currently an outbreak of Ebola in Kenya, but there were other problems.

“You might get AIDS in Kenya, people have AIDS, you’ve got to be careful,” he explained. “I mean, the towels could have AIDS.”

There has been lots of public outcry after the story broke, and yesterday, the 700 Club through their Facebook page apologized on behalf of the televangelist.