Kickboxing champion Andrew Tate has found himself in a Twitter spat with environmental activist Greta Thunberg after bragging about the emissions of his supercar collection.
The four-time kickboxing world champion has used his time since hanging up the gloves becoming a multi-millionaire with his brother Tristan, and the pair share a massive fleet of supercars. And after high-profile feuds with YouTube boxers such as Logan Paul and KSI, the elder Tate sibling decided his latest target would be Thunberg.
The 19-year-old Swedish environmental activist is known for her speeches about climate change and imploring people to cut down on their carbon footprint. However, a number of fan-made videos which Tate has shared highlight the differences between the pair's lifestyles and his decision to use dozens of gas-guzzling cars.
In a tweet yesterday, Tate wrote: "Hello Greta Thunberg. I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo. My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s. This is just the start. Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions."
The tweet was viewed over 12million times, liked over 100,000 time and retweeted more than 10,000. Eventually, Thunberg responded to Tate's jibe with a message of her own, saying: "yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalld***energy@getalife.com."
Thunberg's tweet garnered considerably more likes within just an hour of going live, and was viewed over 4million times in that timeframe. Fans were quick to mock Tate in the comments, with one writing "This is beautiful," while another added that "2022 has peaked".
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Tate has had a niche fanbase online for years through his kickboxing, podcast appearances and controversial postings about women and business. But he blew up to massive fame this year, drawing criticism for his views which have been described as misogynist and dangerous. He was banned from all social media earlier this year but returned to Twitter when Elon Musk bought the platform.
The kickboxer is known for getting into battles online with famous figures, most notably his back-and-forth with the elder of the Paul brothers; Logan. The YouTuber-turned-boxer has been calling for a fight with Tate over the last few months after he backed social media companies that banned the controversial former fighter.
Tate appears to have a solid relationship with Logan's brother Jake, posing for a face-off with him in Dubai last month that instantly went viral. But he believes that the elder Paul is not as serious an individual as his brother and is mostly concerned with saying the right things to maintain his career as a massive YouTube star and influencer.
