Do you often read/hear that- “Masculine life is war. The hallmark of a real man is controlling himself, controlling his emotions, and acting appropriately regardless of how he feels.”
Those are the wise words spoken by the most Googled Person on the Earth- Andrew Tate. And, he has been a trending topic on the internet for some time whether you like it or not.
The Curious Life of Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate is a 35-year-old former kickboxer and currently, a social media influencer who self believes he teaches “students” how to get rich quick by sharing tips on stocks, cryptocurrencies, and affiliates through his online community- “Hustler’s University”
According to his website, cobratate.com, Andrew is a British-American. Son of former chess champion, Emory Tate, Andrew Tate was born in Chicago and raised in Luton. He now lives in Romania. He can be seen as a commentator in Real Xtreme Fighting, the largest MMA promoter in Romania.
He is worldwide acclaimed as the “King of Toxic Masculinity”. Tate has a huge fan following; he is a self-help guru providing advice to young men on online platforms how to talk to women and how to make money. Although Tate is a public figure, lately his profile has soared for some unusual reasons. According to British Newspaper, Tate’s followers and members of Hustler’s University had been encouraged to deliberately flood the social media channels with controversial videos & news of Tate to boost the engagement.
Andrew Tate’s Home and Assets
Andrew is estimated around US $350 million. According to an estimate in 2022, he is one of the popular internet celebrities of the country. He has earned money from the fitness industry. His main business venture is Hustler’s University and he earns a hefty sum from selling courses to people on how to earn money online. Reportedly, 200k people are learning courses and a few of $35 is being charged per month to avail the courses.
Apart from this, he has many businesses, however, there is no official confirmation about this. Before he was being banned from Tiktok, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, he had a millions of fan following because of his objectionable opinions and luxurious lifestyle.
Tate’s Car Collection
Andrew loves driving a few exquisite ones. His garage boasts of Porsche 911, Mercedes Benz, Range Rover, BMW, Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport, Aston Martin DBS Superleggera, McLaren 720S, Lamborghini Huracan Spyder, Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe, Ferrari 812 Superfast and many more!
Tate: A Man of Many Controversies
Much before his dramatic rise on Tiktok, Tate had an infamous moment at the 17th season of Big Brother in 2016 where he was kicked off the house after the release of the unseen video footage. It appeared that Tate was beating a woman using a belt. It led to a huge public uproar, and subsequently Tate was eliminated from the show. After his eviction, Tate defended his actions as “Consensual” and shared a video on Facebook of a woman who claimed to be the woman from the video saying “it was a complete case of misunderstanding”. Both Tate and the woman denied of any abuse occurred during their stay at the house, and said that the clips show consensual sex.
This unfolding of events garnered major backlash for many of Tate’s tweets.
Comments on depression and backlash
In September 2017, Tate drew attention by tweeting offensive tweets including a Tweet thread stating that depression is a mental illness. The now deleted Tweet read–
“Sure. Natural to sometimes FEEL depressed. It doesn’t make it a DISEASE. I feel hungry sometimes, then I change it.”
Many people, communities, public personalities criticized and mocked Tate’s statement on mental health and demanded a public apology.
Renowned author JK Rowling responded, by sharing his tweets and saying: “This thread will teach you a lot about the defense mechanism of projection, but zero about the real mental illness that is depression.”
Controversial comments on sexual assault
The controversy doesn’t stop there. A month later in October 2017, Tate once again created a stir by claiming women bear responsibility for being sexually assaulted. And, the timing of the comment couldn’t have been better, it was in the midst of the Harvey Weinstein allegations. His now deleted tweet read–
“If you put yourself in a position to be raped, you must [bear] some responsibility. I’m not saying it’s OK you got raped.
“No woman should be abused regardless. However with sexual assault they want to put zero blame on the victim whatsoever.”
“Sexual harassment is disgusting and inexcusable. However, A man looking at you or whistling at you or asking your name isn’t harassment.”
“This belief does discredit as a whole. Stick to the serious definitions and stop pretending normal male behavior is rape,” the thread continued.
“Secondly – harvey. Creep? Obviously. But women have been exchanging sex for opportunity for a very long time. Some did this. Weren’t abused.”
All his tweets and his entire Twitter account, @cobratate, has been permanently banned from Twitter.
Andrew Tate on Women
As if his offensive comments weren’t enough, Tate cooked up some more controversies with his new series of tweets on “Women”.
He wrote–
“I believe as a man I should pay for the first date. I believe I should open the car door, protect her, provide. I believe she is my woman, she should come to me with her problems and I should fix them.”
“that makes me a sexist and horrible person, fine. You agree with the baseline and everyone agrees with the foundations of what I say but, when I build on top of it, they try to pretend I am sexist.”
He continued: “By extension, if I have responsibility over her, then I must have a degree of authority.”
Tate had a heated exchange with Twitch star xQc, as they both clashed over their views on gender equality and relationships. During the live video, Tate said “women belong in the home and they are the property of a man.” He exclaimed–
“One of the best things about being a man is being territorial and being able to say ‘that is mine.’”
He said if a man sleeps with a woman while being in a relationship with his girlfriend, it shouldn’t be counted as cheating. Rather if his girlfriend speaks to another man, he would consider it as cheating.
Tate is being currently investigated by the Romanian police for human trafficking, according to a leading newspaper. According to the statement made to that publication, the online star’s house was part of an active probe on a reported abduction of an American citizen.
Why is Andrew Tate famous?
Before Tate became a household name, he was a known personality in the world of Kickboxing. According to his questionable website, he is a 4-time world champion in ISKA kickboxing and won his first title in 2009.
Lately, he has amassed a huge fan following through his extreme views, tweets and being an active online social media influencer. He has appeared in many podcasts, including Infowars, which is hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Tate founded Hustler’s University
Andrew has founded an online learning platform named “Hustler’s University” where he charges his followers £36 a month to access courses on how to make money. The online site sells a few programs for thousands of pounds. His subscribers also have provision of earning money by selling their membership to a like-minded individual.
A leading Tabloid reported that thousands of members of Tate’s Hustler’s University were working together to swamp TikTok with viral videos of him in an attempt to deliberately manipulate the algorithm and boost his content artificially. Many of his derogatory videos can be found on Tiktok.
Tate’s move to Romania
Andrew was asked on The fellas Podcast about his decision to move to Romania. He said he had chosen to live in Romania because of the degraded and corrupted nature of the Western society. He exclaimed–
“I don’t feel comfortable. I don’t like the way it functions and operates; I think it’s the most corrupt, disgusting, and degraded society on Earth. There’s nothing left besides money and corporate agenda,
The ex-kickboxing champion singled out Dubai and Romania as religious places where people value a higher power that is way beyond money and government. He said–
“I find it offensive that a police officer in England will stop me and refuse to take a bribe. I’ll tell you why; it’s because he will sit there and go ‘no, no, this is the law; law and order’ and pretend that the law means something, and f*ck me over.”
“But if you’re a billionaire or Boris Johnson, you can go to Epstein’s island; you can f*cking throw parties during COVID, you can do whatever the f*ck you want. So the whole idea behind law and order is a lie and bull sh*t.”
“If corruption exists, which it does, let us all play. I like living in a society where my money, influence, and power means I’m not below or beholden to any of these bull sh*t laws.”
All in all, We have been here before and we will be here again when the next vile man combines misogyny with their eccentric views with whatever is trendy at the time. Besides being an extraordinary person with a hateful views, Andrew tate is mostly riding the latest wave, like the movements of #metoo or sentiments reflected in the verdict of Depp Vs. Heard, or Donald Trump Tweets. Andrew Tate is boring, period!
*This article doesn’t endorse Andrew Tate or celebrate any of his actions. It is written purely for reading purposes. We don’t support nor take responsibility for any individual getting influenced through our articles.
