Controversial British-American influencer Andrew Tate has announced he has established the Andrew Tate Foundation (or just ‘Tate Foundation’) following his ban across multiple social media networks.
Tate said in an hour-long video titled his ‘final message’: “Now that I’ll be more careful and selective with the social media I’m producing – if any at all – I’m going to be starting a foundation: The Tate Foundation. This will be dedicated towards charitable acts on both genders.
“I have been private about certain elements of my private life, as has my brother. My brother has a daughter, she’s beautiful, she’s my niece, and I don’t want her to grow up in a world where women are hated or men are oppressive or hurting women. I want her to find a strong man who can protect her and provide for her and make sure she’s safe.”
“The last thing I’d want is for women to be marginalised in the future. I’d be unhappy with that. The Tate Foundation will be dedicated towards helping men’s mental health and also protect women from violence against men.
“In the upcoming months and years, you’ll see I’m not someone who is just doing this for likes or views, but that I’m helping people. There’s more info on Cobratate.com and on my mailing list.
“My other charitable acts, I haven’t really spoken about because it should be from the heart, not for likes, but the media are saying I’m a bad guy.”
Former kickboxer Tate said he runs a shelter for stray dogs in Romania and also rebuilt an orphanage for children.
Andrew Tate says socials ban was “unfair” and that his charitable donations have been ignored
Andrew Tate said his treatment leading up to his ban on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok has been “unfair” and that he’s been painted in a bad light with videos taken out of context.
The bans on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram came after British YouTuber Daz Black criticised Tate in a viral video for his alleged abuse of women (which Tate denies), and the way he has influenced young males online to view women.
Many others in gaming and esports also called out Tate, while some said they supported some of his messages.
Tate said he put a post live before his ban saying he’d donate money to a charity that supports women against domestic violence and a men’s mental health charity. He promised a dollar donated per like, and has asked Instagram to clarify the amount of likes. He said it was around 550,000 likes at the time of his ban.
“Just because I support men doesn’t mean I hate women. I support people,” he said.
“The bible is full of redemption stories and so are superhero movies. The guy you thought was the bad guy was misunderstood. I think people understand a redemption arc.”
Andrew Tate
“Everyone ignored my charitable donations. You only get clicks for hating me, you don’t get clicks for telling the truth about me. If anyone else donated $1.3m to charity I’d like to think there’d be some sort of headline. But if I want to do it, nobody cares. That’s unfair.
“This is a hate mob who pretend they care about women, and the ban inspires further hate mobs and further division. I’m trying to help the world and hate mobs are telling their followers to insult me on my Instagram page.
“I’m genuinely not the bad person here, but I do take responsibility and have a cross to bear because of my success.
“The bible is full of redemption stories and so are superhero movies. The guy you thought was the bad guy was misunderstood. I think people understand a redemption arc.”
Tate also said he received death threats and insults towards his late father.
Tate addresses human trafficking and violence against women accusations
“To address the rumours I’m a sex trafficker and that’s why I live in Romania, firstly that’s a very racist attitude to have,” Andrew Tate said.
“My house was raided by police on these accusations, I was effectively swatted and the police were called. Someone made a call about me which was fake, the police responded and investigated and found out it was false. No one was kidnapped, I was not charged and I don’t have a criminal record.
“And no woman has come forward saying I’ve hit them. The only video of me and a woman in consentual acts come forward and said it was a game. It’s misunderstood out-of-context clips on TikTok.
“I don’t want to go down as a villain. I’ll finish with a quote from my late father: ‘My unmatched perspicacity, coupled with my sheer indefatigability makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavour.”
Further reading: Is Andrew Tate a dangerous role model to young men or an internet idol for a disjointed generation?
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