Who is Andrew Tate: The self-described "misogynist" gained notoriety after being kicked off the British version of Big Brother in 2016 when a video surfaced that purported to show him assaulting a lady.
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| Who is Andrew Tate | American online influencer |
At the time, he claimed that the video had been altered and was an attempt to harm his reputation.
The 36-year-old former kickboxer now has a global profile and more than 3.5 million Twitter followers.
Emory Andrew Tate, Tate's full name, was born in December 1986, and according to his website, he is from Chicago, Illinois.
He is named after his father, an American who was a superb chess player who worked for the US Air Force in Britain. Before going to America, where Tate was raised, his mother and father, who had met in the UK, got a divorce.
Tate and his mother relocated to Luton, UK, after the divorce.
Tate and Tristan, his younger brother, both claimed to have lived in poverty in England. In interviews, they described going to KFC to freeze leftover chicken from other people's meals.
Tate was a four-time kickboxing world champion, but he rose to prominence online.
Videos on TikTok using the hashtag #AndrewTate have received over 12.7 billion views. Videos made by those criticising the influencer are also included in that number.
Andrew Tate's remarks towards women?
He added there was "no such thing as an autonomous female" and labelled women as "intrinsically lazy" in the same video.
He has been banned from a number of social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and TikTok, which declared that "misogyny is a vile ideology that is not permitted."
Tate's comments that women should "carry responsibility" for being sexually attacked led to his Twitter ban. He was later given a second chance.
What is Andrew Tate's source of income?
Tate has referred to himself as a "self-made multimillionaire" and claimed that his "small webcam business from my room" was how he made his money.
In a podcast interview, he claimed, "I had 75 ladies working for me in four locations and I was generating $600,000 a month through webcam.
He claimed to have introduced ladies to the "adult entertainment industry" on a now-deleted portion of his website.
The post was later removed in February 2022. "My job was to meet a female, go on a few dates, sleep with her, test if she's quality, get her to fall in love with me to the point where she'd do anything I said, and then get her on webcam so we could get rich together," he said on the page.
Tate works with his brother Tristan, who said to the Daily Mirror that their enterprise involved males paying to communicate with women online.
"I've seen men sell TVs and vehicles. When this guy's grandma passed away, they were awaiting the house's sale. He assured [a model] that when the house was sold, he would receive £20,000 to cover her fictitious financial hardship "Tristan disclosed to the Mirror.
What led to Andrew Tate's arrest?
In December 2022, Tate and his brother Tristan were taken into custody in a Bucharest suburb as part of an inquiry into claims of rape and people trafficking, both of which they vehemently deny.
The Daily Mirror was informed by a Tate spokeswoman that they were unable to offer any additional information regarding the allegations of rape and human trafficking. He said, though, that Andrew and Tristan Tate "have the utmost respect for the Romanian authorities and would always cooperate and help in any way they can."
Tate has appeared in several videos showcasing his ultra-luxurious lifestyle, which includes fast automobiles, yachts, and private planes.
He got into a Twitter argument with environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg just before his arrest in December 2022.
He stated he owned 33 vehicles and promised to email her a list of each vehicle's "respective massive emissions."