What do well-known climate activist Greta Thunberg, self-proclaimed multi-millionaire and misogynist Andrew Tate from Romania, and an unrecycled pizza box have in common? No, it isn’t a mystery – and the story just keeps getting weirder.
It began with the Twitter war earlier this week when Tate posted a photograph of himself on Twitter standing next to his gas-guzzling Bugatti. Tagging Thunberg, he boasted about his 33 cars and wrote: “Please enter your email address so I can send you a whole list of my automotive collection and their massive emissions.”
Tate was banned from Twitter in 2017 but was reinstated last month.
Hello @Greta Thunberg
I actually have 33 cars.
My Bugatti has a W16 8.0L quad turbo.
My TWO competitive Ferrari 812s are 6.5L v12.
That is just the starting.
Please enter your email address so I can send you a whole list of my automotive collection and their massive emissions. pic.twitter.com/ehhOBDQyYU
—Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) December 27, 2022
Thunberg responded with a tweet questioning Tate’s masculinity. She wrote “yes please enlighten me” sharing a fake email address: “smalldickenergy@getalife.com”.
yes please enlighten me. please email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com https://t.co/V8geeVvEvg
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 28, 2022
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Pizza gate
Thunberg’s response went viral with over 276 million views, prompting Tate to respond with a video describing Thunberg as a “matrix slave” who tries to “persuade you to beg your government to tax you in poverty to stop the sun from being hot.”
Halfway through the movie, he asks someone to bring him a pizza. “Make certain those boxes aren’t recycled,” he says, placing the pizza box on the table in order that the words “Jerry’s Pizza” are visible.
Thanks for confirming along with your email address that you could have a small penis @Greta Thunberg
The world was interesting.
And I agree it is best to get a life https://t.co/mHmiKHjDGH pic.twitter.com/SMisajQRcf
—Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) December 28, 2022
Arrest
Soon after, Andrew Tate and his brother were arrested in Romania on charges related to sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape, according to a Romanian news site Unleash.
According to several news outlets, the pizza box notified local police of the Tate’s location. Police raided his villa where he and his brother allegedly held an American and a Romanian woman against their will in April.
The video of the arrest was posted on Twitter.
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were reportedly arrested by Romanian authorities in reference to a human trafficking investigation
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) December 29, 2022
The Romanian police didn’t confirm this story. But that did not stop Thunberg from responding with one other clever tweet.
“That is what happens while you don’t recycle pizza boxes,” she wrote.
here’s what happens while you don’t recycle pizza boxes
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 30, 2022
Who’s Andrew Tate?
After retiring from kickboxing, Tate made tens of millions from various ventures, including allegedly starting a webcam company in Romania.
He also sells his course to 1000’s through an online school and community called “Hustlers University”.
Tate’s net price is $50 million Celebrity net price.
Tate had previously told his supporters that he had moved to Romania because police there have been less willing to prosecute allegations of sexual assault.
It is a shocking story.