Social media influencer, often associated with misogyny, Andrew Tate gave his first big interview after being released from prison.
Notorious social media influencer Andrew Tate gave his first interview to British public radio BBC since he was released from pre-trial detention to house arrest in Romania in early April.
Tate, who is often linked to misogynist circles on the internet, denied all charges in the interview, which are currently being investigated by the Romanian police. These include, among other things, allegations of rape and human trafficking related to webcam services that offer sexual content depicting women run by Tate and her brother.
BBC reporter by Lucy Williamson when asked about Tate’s misogynistic comments, Tate replied that he is a “force of good” who acts according to God’s instructions to do good things. Tate has said that he converted to Islam in 2022.
– I teach hard work, discipline, I am an athlete, anti-drugs, I teach religion, anti-alcohol, I teach against knife violence, Tate said.
Equally, Tate banned the introductory text of his internet training course, Hustlers University, which, according to the BBC, described Tate as “the most capable person on the planet to teach male-female intercourse”.
According to the description, Tate’s job was to “meet a girl, go on a few dates, have sex with her, make her fall in love with him until she does everything he says, and then get her (to appear) on Webcam so they can get rich together.”
The interview eventually turned into a confrontation between Tate and the BBC.
Tate sees the BBC as having made up an anonymous source named “Sophie”, who made public accusations against him, out of thin air. Tate defended his harshest comments as jokes and sarcasm, and said he thought the BBC’s Williamson might not understand what sarcastic content was.
During the interview, Tate said he was doing the BBC a favor by giving the interview, and his own cameras filmed the entire interview. After the interview, Tate accused the BBC of breaking the promise of pre-arranged questions, and published his own version of the interview.
Romanian authorities are expected to announce their decision on the progress of the investigation in the coming weeks.