Andrew Tate has been banned from TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
(Picture: Instagram)A Texan weather reporter named Andrew Tate has been mistaken on Twitter for controversial kickboxer and influencer Andrew Tate who was banned from several social-media platforms this week.
The weatherman received a number of tweets showing support for the infamous Mr Tate while a few Twitter users also replied to the weatherman’s tweets with the kickboxer’s quotes.
But the weather reporter was also on the receiving end of abusive messages aimed at his namesake.
Sharing a name with one of the internet’s most hated men can’t be easy. But Mr Tate (the weather reporter) is taking it in his stride – and embracing his new nickname.
The weather reporter shared the popular “girl explaining” meme and said: “ANDREW TATE KLTV ("unfortunate weather reporter") IS NOT ANDREW TATE THE BOXER FROM TIKTOK.”
ANDREW TATE KLTV ("unfortunate weather reporter") IS NOT ANDREW TATE THE BOXER FROM TIKTOK. https://t.co/gRB9Zu0Aq0 pic.twitter.com/ugmk0d5CTf
— Andrew Tate (@AndrewTateKLTV) August 21, 2022
In response to a Twitter user saying: “I don’t know who you are but you are not the top g and you should stop calling yourself Andrew tate,” another said: “This is just some unfortunate weather reporter.”
Mr Tate also tweeted Matthew Gertz (a senior fellow at Media Matters, not the Republican congressman), and said: “Howdy @MattGertz. I’m new to ‘the club’. Any advice?”
There’s a reason this is my pinned tweet! Welcome, looks like you’re doing well so far. https://t.co/K3EDQ6daMx
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 23, 2022
Mr Gertz replied and said: “There’s a reason this is my pinned tweet! Welcome, looks like you’re doing well so far.”
His pinned tweet reads: “All you can do is jokes really there’s no escape.”
YouTube is the latest platform to ban the controversial influencer, following TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook bans.
Google-owned YouTube said channels associated with Mr Tate had been removed for breaching its terms of service, while Meta said they have removed his official accounts for breaching its rules around dangerous organisations or individuals.
Videos of Mr Tate making misogynistic comments proliferated on TikTok after his MLM subscribers worked together to flood the app with his content.
But the video-sharing app has begun removing his videos from the platform.
In a statement, a TikTok spokesman said: “Misogyny is a hateful ideology that is not tolerated on TikTok. We’ve been removing violative videos and accounts for weeks, and we welcome the news that other platforms are also taking action against this individual.”
