Long before he was the butt of a viral joke from climate activist Greta Thunberg or accused of human trafficking, Andrew Tate claimed he was bored growing up.
As a child, his boredom was occupied by chess in the hope of following his dad’s footsteps as a great player because, he once said, “that’s the only thing I want to do most.” When he got bored with defeating adults, he turned to kickboxing, laying to waste opponents throughout Europe. And when he got bored with physical combat, he turned to verbal assault, becoming a men’s rights influencer known for his extreme misogynistic, violent remarks against women.
Tate, 36, who has portrayed himself as a self-help expert for men and was regularly photographed smoking cigars in front of fast cars and guns, has seen his profile rise after chats with far-right figures such as Alex Jones and Mike Cernovich. He largely gained attention on TikTok - one of the many platforms that has now banned him for his repeated misogynistic remarks - where videos tagged #AndrewTate were viewed roughly 13 billion times as of August, according to NBC News.
Born in December 1986 in the Washington region, according to a video he posted in July, Emory Andrew Tate III is the son of a chess master father and a catering assistant mother. After the family moved to Chicago and Goshen, Indiana, his parents divorced, and Tate and his brother moved with their mother to Luton, her hometown in England. Tate stayed connected to his father through chess, a game he learned to play when he was 5, competing against adults.
Tate was denounced by critics and advocacy groups who said his mere presence on social media, and the following he was developing for his “extremely misogynistic” remarks, could present a “dangerous slip road into the far right.” At the same time, he was promoting an online marketing program for a monthly membership of $US49.99 that claimed he could give people “high-income skill development.”
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