Robertson To Wife With Husbands Who Flirts: Don't Hassle Him

Pat Robertson, a former presidential candidate and all-time religious leader on the far right, had some interesting words for a woman concerned about her husbands flirtations with other women.

CO-HOST: Pat, this is from Anne who says, “My husband has always been a flirt and loves to talk with other women he finds attractive. He says he would never cheat on me but his actions are starting to get to me. What should I do?”

ROBERTSON: Anne, first thing is you need to make yourself as attractive as possible and don’t hassle him about it. And why is he doing this? Well, he’s doing it because he wants affirmation that he is still a man, that he is attractive — and he gets an affirmation of himself. That means he’s got an inferiority complex that’s coming out. And he’s not gonna cheat on you. He’s just playing.

But you need to not drive him away or start hassling and hounding on him, but make yourself as beautiful as you can, as fun as you can, and say let’s go out here, let’s go there, let’s go to the other thing.

"Don't hassle him about it," Robertson said during an airing of his long-time show The 700 Club.

Hmm. That doesn't exactly qualify as sound advice for a woman dealing with a husband of this kind. On the other hand, coming from Pat Robertson, this is not much of a surprise.