Who is Andrew Tate? TikTok star whose misogynistic content racks up billions of views
Andrew Tate’s content is all over TikTok at the moment, and charities are warning that it’s creating ‘dangerous cultures’ — here’s who former Big Brother contestant Andrew Tate is
Andrew Tate has been sharing ‘dangerous’ and ‘violent’ opinions
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TikTok is facing calls to remove misogynistic content of Andrew Tate from the platform after a slew of his videos went viral .
Clips of the controversial media personality have now racked up over 11.6 billion views on TikTok as he voices a number of abhorrent opinions.
The self declared “alpha” has previously declared that women are a “man’s property”, that they “can’t drive” and he’s even gone as far to say that rape survivors must “bear responsibility” for their attacks.
In clips shared on the platform, Tate is also seen telling women, “If your man does cheat, the most stupid thing you can do is leave” and “I think my sister is her husband’s property”.
But his comments about women are also violent, too. In one video explaining how he would act if a woman accused him of cheating, he says: “It’s bang out the machete, boom in her face and grip her by the neck. Shut up b**ch”.
With the clips quickly going viral, a charity has warned that they could make a lasting impression on men all over the world, posing a serious danger.
A spokesperson for White Ribbon, which seeks to end male violence against women, has spoken out about the content, saying that Tate’s comments are “extremely misogynistic” and could have “concerning” long-term effects on a younger audience.
Who is Andrew Tate?
Andrew Tate has gone viral for his misogynistic views
Andrew Tate, whose real name is Emory Andrew Tate III, is a former professional kickboxer and is now an entrepreneur and content creator who runs his own online school called Hustler’s University.
He sells courses that claim to “free the modern man from socially induced incarceration” and teaches men how to make money and sleep with women.
Tate first rose to fame in 2016 when he appeared on the 17th series of Big Brother.
But the controversial figure was kicked off the show after a video emerged that appeared to show him beating a woman with a belt.
He claimed that the act was consensual and that he was using a felt belt.
It wasn’t long before Tate was stirring up controversy yet again over comments he made about the #MeToo movement.
During a series of vile tweets, he wrote: “If you put yourself in a position to be raped, you must bare some responsibility.”
The British-American national now resides in Romania with his brother Tristan Tate.
In a now-deleted YouTube video explaining his move, Tate said that it was easier to get away with rape in Eastern Europe and claimed that this was “probably 40% of the reason” for his move.
He added: “I’m not a rapist, but I like the idea of just being able to do what I want. I like being free.”
In April 2022, Tate’s home was raided by police following a tip-off from the US embassy that a 21-year-old American woman was being held against her will there.
Tate and his brother were bought in for questioning, they were later released and deny any wrongdoing.
But in a statement to the Daily Beast, Romanian authorities said that the investigation, which has expanded to cover human trafficking and rape allegations, was ongoing.
How does Andrew Tate make his money?
Andrew Tate claims to be a trillionaire
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Andrew Tate recently claimed to be a trillionaire.
During a YouTube livestream with Adin Ross, he bragged: “I don’t know if you knew this, I don’t want to brag but I’m going to tell you something – I’m a trillionaire… the world’s first.”
Later in the livestream he went on to tell Ross that he made is first million dollars by the age of 27 and that by the time he was 31 he had made a $100million.
He then claimed that became a trillionaire “quite recently”.
The eye-watering figure would make him the the world’s richest man, ahead of billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, but like many of Tate’s claims, it doesn’t add up.
Tate’s main streams of income include his online subscription service Hustler’s University and his casino business in Romania.
It costs $49 to enrol at Hustler’s University and members are given their own affiliate sign-up link that they are encouraged to share with friends. He currently has over 100,000 subscribers.
Tate and his brother also run a webcam business where they sell women’s “sob stories” to men, which they’ve claimed to make millions from but have admitted that it’s a “total scam”.
The content creator also has a number of YouTube channels where he shares his extreme views, and a Twitch account.
Estimations of Tate’s net worth vary considerably. Celebrity Net Worth puts his wealth at $20million, while Bio Overview thinks his net worth is $250million, however both figures put him far off becoming a trillionaire.
Why is Andrew Tate’s content so dangerous?
Andrew Tate once said he would only give CPR to ‘hot women’ because he ‘isn’t gay’
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According to the Femicide Census, a source of comprehensive information about women who have been killed in the UK, ,en’s violence against women is the leading cause of the premature death of women globally.
In the UK alone, 110 women were killed by men in 2020.
Now, charities are warning that Andrew Tate’s content has the ability to “create environments where men go on to murder women”.
A spokesperson for White Ribbon told the MailOnline: “Men and boys regularly watching and listening to negative presentations of masculinity may begin to adopt these attitudes and behaviours, believing that they are acting as the ‘ideal man’.
“This relates to being seen as tough, aggressive and suppressing emotion. These traits feed into gender norms, what ‘being a man’ and ‘being a woman’ is.”
They added: “Gender inequality is a direct result of traditional and negative stereotypes which confine women’s and men’s roles in society.
“Not only does this create a lot of pressure on men and boys, often affecting their mental health and self-image, it also creates dangerous cultures and environments for women and girls to exist in.
“Sexist and derogatory comments exist on the same spectrum as controlling behaviour and physical and sexual violence, which creates environments where men go on to murder women.”
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