Highlights
- Andrew Tate, known for his controversial views and the cancellation of his anti-feminist podcast, recently livestreamed himself spending 24 hours in a simulated prison cell, attracting over 57,000 viewers.
- The livestream showed Tate eating breakfast, doing pushups, and reading fan mail, but some viewers were disappointed, claiming the simulation was unrealistic.
- Previously released from jail on appeal, Tate and his brother now have opportunities to reconnect with their followers and engage in new antics, leaving their next moves uncertain.
Online personality Andrew Tate, a figure who has caused much contention among internet users, recently recorded a live stream depicting him spending a whole 24 hours in a false prison cell. Prior to this, Tate’s rise to notoriety started with his now-canceled podcast centered around anti-feminist ideals. Tate’s warnings to men about the dangers of the so-called "matrix" caught the attention of mainstream audiences when his rhetoric eventually made its way to the hallways of schools across the UK and the US, prompting some whistleblowers to accuse the podcast star of manipulating young boys, which led to Andrew Tate's ban across multiple social media platforms.
Following a much-publicized move to the Eastern European country of Romania supposedly to avoid run-ins with US and UK law enforcement, Tate found himself embroiled in a Twitter war with environmental activist Greta Thunberg that ultimately landed him behind bars. After Tate published a video mockingly explaining to Thunberg just how many fossil fuel-guzzling luxury cars he had in his garage, Romanian authorities were allegedly able to pinpoint Tate’s location based on a logo seen on a pizza box in Tate’s video. Tate was arrested in his Bucharest home shortly after the video hit the Twitter airwaves, following a slew of human trafficking accusations that had followed Tate to Romania.
In order to regain some of his popularity and media presence, Tate took to Twitter to promote his latest venture - a 24-hour livestream with his brother Tristian live from a fictitious prison cell set up in the Tates’ residence. The purpose of the stream was to emulate his imprisonment experience for his online followers. The stream took place on August 12 via Rumble, an online video platform created as an alternative to Youtube. Tate’s live stream reached more than 57,000 viewers, as spectators were eager to see what a regular day in a Romanian jail cell looked like for the Tate brothers.
In the broadcast, Tate recorded himself eating breakfast, doing his daily round of 1,000 pushups, and reading fan mail alongside his brother. These seemingly mundane activities managed to attract a significant number of viewers, some fascinated by the Romanian prison simulation, others being disappointed and pointing out that the environment shown in Tates stream was not even close to being realistic.
The Tate brothers were previously released from jail on 31st March 2023, after the Bucharest court accepted their appeal, and were placed on house arrest until their release on August 4, 2023, an event that has opened up a sea of new opportunities for the brothers to reconnect with their followers. It remains to be seen what other antics Tate and his brother will engage in over the coming weeks.