Everything Andrew Tate has said about women and how he became a 'trillionaire'
He first rose to fame as a kickboxer before gaining notoriety during a 2016 stint on reality TV show Big Brother, and now controversial influencer and self-proclaimed 'misogynist' Andrew Tate is facing trial in Romania for rape, human trafficking and organised crime charges. Tate, along with his brother Tristan, vehemently denies all charges.
A new BBC documentary Andrew Tate: The Man Who Groomed The World? claims to uncover the truth behind the notorious ex-kickboxer and his exclusive all-male society, the War Room, by presenting evidence from a 13-month period of women being allegedly groomed into sex work by a so-called 'secret ringleader' at the top, known by the alias 'Iggy Semmelweis'.
As the investigative film airs at 10.40pm tonight on Wednesday, September 13, on BBC One, we take a look at everything extremist Tate has said about women over the years, and how his violent and radical views have helped him garner millions of cult-like social media followers worldwide, and become a 'self-made trillionaire', as he calls himself.
What has Andrew Tate said about women?
Tate believes rape victims are to blame for their attacks and admits to hitting and choking ex-partners (AFP via Getty Images)In videos online, Tate has said that women are a man's property, belong in the home and cannot drive. He has said that he only dates women aged 18-19 because he can "make an imprint" on them, and has spoken about hitting and choking ex-partners and stopping them from going out. In one clip, he said: "I'm not a rapist, but I like the idea of just being able to do what I want. I like being free."
His actions towards women were the reason he was ejected from the Big Brother house in 2016, after a video of him hitting a woman with a belt appeared online. Another of him telling a woman to count the bruises he apparently caused to her followed. Both Tate and the woman denied it was abuse, and said the clips showed consensual sex.
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At the height of the #MeToo movement in 2017, Tate repeatedly said that rape victims must "bear responsibility" for their attacks and demonstrated in one video how he would physically assault a female partner if she ever accused him of cheating. "It's bang out the machete, boom in her face and grip her by the neck. Shut up b***h," he said.
He has described women as "intrinsically lazy" and said there was "no such thing as an independent female". In a video, he said: "Females are the ultimate status symbol. People think I'm running around with these h**s because I like sex. That's nothing to do with the reason why I'm running around with these b*****s. I got these b*****s just so everyone knows who the don is."
In an interview on YouTube, Tate admitted he was "absolutely a misogynist", and said: "I'm a realist and when you're a realist, you're sexist. There's no way you can be rooted in reality and not be sexist." In another video, he said: "Why would you be with a woman who's not a virgin anyway? She is used goods. Second hand."
How does Andrew Tate make his money?
Tate and his brother Tristan admitted to the Mirror that their business is a 'big scam' to rip wealthy men off (AFP via Getty Images)Raised on an estate in Luton, Tate now boasts his lavish lifestyle online and claims to be the 'world's first trillionaire'. On a Twitch stream with Adin Ross, he told the host: "I don't want to brag, but I'm a trillionaire, world's first. I was broke for a long time. I made my first million when I was, say 27, and then I had 100 million by the time I was 31, and then I became a trillionaire quite recently." He is frequently seen showing off his money in expensive sports cars, private jets and designer clothes, as well as owning large properties and expensive watches.
He has said that he earned most of his money through "a little webcam business from my apartment". In a podcast interview, he claimed: "I had 75 women working for me in four locations and I was doing $600,000 (£480,0000) a month from webcam." In a now-deleted page on his website, he said: "My job was to meet a girl, go on a few dates, sleep with her, test if she's quality, get her to fall in love with me to where she'd do anything I say and then get her on webcam so we could become rich together."
His brother Tristan told the Mirror last year that their business, which saw men pay to talk to women online, was "all a big scam" but said authorities couldn't stop them. Tate admitted that his employees pose as models and use 'sob stories' to entice wealthy men to transfer them lump sums of money. He said: "It's an operation of professionals who lure these men in." Tristan added: "Men will give all they have. I've seen men sell cars, TVs... This guy's gran passed away and they were waiting for the sale of the house. When the house was sold he'd get £20,000 and promised it to [a model], to pay for her fake financial problem."
Tate's fortune is also thought to have grown through crypto-currency trading, and his online 'Hustler's Academy' whereby 168,000, of mostly men and boys, pay him $49.99 (£40) a month for tips on 'achieving financial freedom'. Tate was a social media influencer before he was banned from YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok for violating website rules over 'toxic' comments against women. TikTok said that "misogyny is a hateful ideology that is not tolerated" on its platform. He was banned from Twitter but has since been reinstated.
But despite being banned from the platforms, Tate's misogynistic narrative still reigned supreme on the newsfeeds of many young men’s social media because his fans continued to spread content glorifying him and his nasty views. “He does not rely on his own accounts and this is one of the reasons why de-platforming him wasn’t particularly effective, but instead he uses a kind of army of boys and young men to post clips of his content,” Dr Tim Squirrell, Head of Communications & Editorial at the think tank Institute for Strategic Dialogue told the Mirror.
Andrew Tate: The Man Who Groomed the World? is on BBC One at 10.40pm tonight
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