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Andrew Tate, I just don’t get it?

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Thenightwemet13101 · 23/07/2026 14:07

How is there anyone on this earth looking up to this specimen?

I hasn’t really heard of him until about a year ago but my gosh. I’ve seen a few interviews with him and he can’t even speak properly, he just shouts constantly. He says that men who have sex without the intention of impregnating the woman are gay.

I know he can’t help with way he looks but he’s ugly with a bald head and no chin and have you seen his arrest pictures with that ridiculous outfit with the purple shirt and the women’s shoes?

Well if you hadn’t you have now?

How is there a single person alive thinking that this cretin is something to aspire to, not to mention how he’s found a woman willing to have sex with him.

Andrew Tate, I just don’t get it?
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Barney16 · 19/09/2026 10:30

Additup · 23/07/2026 16:59

😂😂😂
I'm stealing that classic line.

First laugh of the day 🙂 I too am stealing that line.

lljkk · 19/09/2026 10:19

Some of this Forbes article is just rehash of BBC coverage, but I also enjoy the reporting about evidence the prosecutors produced to show Tate brothers are obtaining fancy coffee, snacks and fripperies while in prison, too, in spite of claims about their terribly harsh treatment <tiny violin play...>

www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/08/25/tate-brothers-lied-online-about-being-uberwealthy-lawyers-claim-they-are-playing-a-role/

NotAnotherScarf · 19/09/2026 07:56

lljkk · 19/09/2026 07:42

What amuses me is lawyers in lawsuit saying the whole Tate presentation is make believe, a fraud, entirely rented vehicles, they wear wigs, the women are hired, etc.

That was hilarious. I saw an interview where he was talking about the colour of his luxury car and I thought then, there's no way you actually picked that colour yourself. No one from your background with your self image would pick purple for a sports car...then I started to have doubts.

It was all there on screen that his super wealthy lifestyle was bs. The size of the house, the lack of style in his and his brothers dress (the clothes don't fit well and look cheap) the lack of decent "things" in his house

lljkk · 19/09/2026 07:42

What amuses me is lawyers in lawsuit saying the whole Tate presentation is make believe, a fraud, entirely rented vehicles, they wear wigs, the women are hired, etc.

TiredShadows · 18/09/2026 23:16

My understanding is that he leaned into short-form content, much as many like him did, and either he or someone else involved really mastered getting his sound bite content to be pushed by the algorithm. People would see one 20 second clip of something that sounded alright, and then over time it infects the feed.

Part of that was his 'hustler's university' that encouraged his followers to also repost clips of the Tate brothers -- they were proven money makers, and having it come from so many accounts meant it really busted the system that resulted at least YouTube tweaking their system around reposted content like he popularised. At the height of his popularity, multiple people showed how quickly those clips would enter the feed and young people spending a lot of time of those apps would see a lot of it, and see the mix of 'normal' soundbites with the extreme ones, using the former and his popularity to defend him.

He made money from the social media as well as exploiting young women as other mentioned, and so for a while a lot of his content was showing his lifestyle, calling those without brokies, and some admired him for the story he'd sell of growing and overcoming being poor, either ignoring or having a 'hate the game, not the player' view of how he made that money.

For years now, he's been putting out more extreme and often contradictory content as part of keeping his audience and attention on him. He seem to me to have become really fragmented, and also encouraging that fragmenting - this is a guy who went on about how great his often absent father was because he was absent.

SquashPenguin · 18/09/2026 22:51

Not that Andrew looks intelligent by any stretch but the brother looks completely brain dead. He’s always stood there, one step behind Andrew, totally vacant. Has anyone ever heard him speak?

JHound · 18/09/2026 22:13

RanniTheWitch · 24/07/2026 18:05

He’s a dick, but feminism doesn’t just mean supporting women, but also supporting femininity. Including men wearing feminine clothes if they choose to.

Feminism and femininity have nothing to do with each other.

Pelotonia · 18/09/2026 21:27

ExtraOnions · 23/07/2026 14:20

Gollum cos-playing as Gail Platt

The winner of the internet for 2026!🤣🤣

SukiPook · 18/09/2026 20:57

SadiraOfTyr · 23/07/2026 16:55

None. He’s so far in the closet he’s bumming Mr Tumnus.

🤣🤣🤣

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 24/07/2026 19:09

The old adage of 'Empty Vessels make the Loudest Noise' comes to mind...

ElenOfTheWays · 24/07/2026 19:06

Epoisses · 23/07/2026 15:57

He's a cunt

He has neither the depth nor the warmth to qualify for this designation.

He's a cock!

ElenOfTheWays · 24/07/2026 19:04

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 23/07/2026 15:53

He’s a prick but bring his looks into it is hardly fair.

It’s not his fault he looks like a Peparami…

It's entirely his own fault that he has that stupid beard though

Lalgarh · 24/07/2026 18:57

Nervousy wervous

https://nitter.net/DavidPGCSE/status/2079692817241125035#m

MarmaladeorJam · 24/07/2026 18:41

RanniTheWitch · 24/07/2026 18:05

He’s a dick, but feminism doesn’t just mean supporting women, but also supporting femininity. Including men wearing feminine clothes if they choose to.

No, it does not.

Feminism is about women. Period. Pun intended.

RanniTheWitch · 24/07/2026 18:05

He’s a dick, but feminism doesn’t just mean supporting women, but also supporting femininity. Including men wearing feminine clothes if they choose to.

Naunet · 24/07/2026 14:12

Pistachiocake · 23/07/2026 14:35

When people criticise his looks/style, they're playing into his hands, because sexism is no more acceptable from an Adonis.
People will always follow daft things, like that woman who said any heterosexual sex is rape-but she was preinternet.
Sadly there seems to be more separatism these days-having lots of friends of both sexes tends to stop a lot of hatred.

Critiquing a dickhead abusers looks, is not sexism!!!

Lalgarh · 24/07/2026 14:00

It's true Tate hates women, but the people he really despise are the aspiring alpha male suckers he gets to give him $50/ month for his Pick up Artist courses.

I remain mystified why the violent incel losers who hate women (esp the Popular Girls) don't have a penny drop moment and figure out Tate and the PUA Bros are their true nemesis.

Happyjoe · 24/07/2026 13:38

regista · 23/07/2026 20:39

My son as a young teenager told me that Andrew Tate had a lot of positive things to say. And as per a previous poster there is some truth in that - on the surface he had a work hard and achieve message, he had this aspirational lifestyle, self made man, nice cars, he also appealed to young men as he fed them a victim narrative- the world is against men etc. but scratch the surface and he was saying some really vile things. It’s interesting to see clips from his paid for courses surfacing now where he is talking about how to charm women then coerce them into working on webcams to make your money for you and how he moved to Romania because they don’t act on rape allegations so he feels free. My son worked it out at some point, he didn’t even realise he had been arrested and laughed his head off at the outfit, hasn’t paid any attention to him in a long time.

I watched a YouTube video of him around this time. He told the story of how his dad abandoned his mum and she gave her everything to bring him up. He didn’t seem to have a lot of respect for her. Massive daddy issues. I wonder what his mum thinks of him.

Unfortunately I’m sure he still has followers out there who will believe he has been framed and it’s all a conspiracy etc. I don’t understand how people can’t see how nasty he is.

Don't know about his dad but his sister keeps well away from them. Someone in the family has sense.
Talking of which, am glad your son saw through him.

SadiraOfTyr · 24/07/2026 12:05

Mydogisagentleman · 24/07/2026 11:49

I read something this morning that is horrendous. I won't report it but I honestly hope that he has to face his victims in court just just before he and his hateful brother are sentenced to life in China

I’m willing to bet that the Is government will block the extradition. They are in deep with Trump Jr and his cronies.

Vinvertebrate · 24/07/2026 11:59

I didn’t get it either OP. But then I saw a video of him crouching on the floor in tight Speedos, and now I totally understand why he became a bitter and obnoxious misogynist turd.

Mydogisagentleman · 24/07/2026 11:49

I read something this morning that is horrendous. I won't report it but I honestly hope that he has to face his victims in court just just before he and his hateful brother are sentenced to life in China

Lalgarh · 24/07/2026 10:01

He's now whining about not having access to the outside.

because he is in a detention centre

https://nitter.net/Cobratate/status/2080251986008547676#m

Optimisticdramalarma · 24/07/2026 09:23

Nothing and nobody will convince me he's not gay

He doesn't want to be gay,the idea repulses him and he's taking it out on women as he's found a formula that makes him money and status

Somebody on the net said 'its a mlm for stupid men and he's at the top'

I'd love him to be sent to prison and then to be ignored forever

MagpiePi · 24/07/2026 09:11

Separated at birth..

Andrew Tate, I just don’t get it?
Sadcafe · 24/07/2026 09:08

As a man, can I just say, AndrewTate is not representative of most of us, sadly he is of some, he is about as vile a person as you are likely to find and how anyone aspires to be like him is absolutely beyond me, social media at its worst

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