Who is Andrew Tate? The self-proclaimed misogynist influencer

In an interview with another YouTuber, he said he was “absolutely a misogynist”, and added: “I’m a realist and when you’re a realist, you’re sexist. There’s no way you can be rooted in reality and not be sexist.”

In that same video, he described women as “intrinsically lazy” and said there was “no such thing as an independent female”.

Andrew Tate has been singled out for the effect he has had in spreading misogyny online among boys and young men by authorities in the UK.

Speaking at the launch of a report into violence against women and girls in July 2024, Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth said: “We know that some of this is also linked to radicalisation of young people online, we know the influencers, Andrew Tate, the element of influencing of particularly boys, is quite terrifying.”

The report stated that police were now working with counter-terrorism teams to combat the risks of young men being radicalised.

Numerous social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, have banned him – with the latter saying that “misogyny is a hateful ideology that is not tolerated”.

Tate was banned from Twitter for saying women should “bear responsibility” for being sexually assaulted. He has since been reinstated on the platform, now known as X.

In the past, Tate has used extreme language relating to acts of violence against women. In a text seen by BBC Panorama, he wrote to one woman: “I love raping you”.

In a combative interview with the BBC in June 2023, when pushed on whether his controversial views on women harmed young people, the influencer claimed he was a “force for good” and that he was “acting under the instruction of God to do good things”.