What do renowned climate activist Greta Thunberg, self-proclaimed multimillionaire and misogynist Andrew Tate, Romania, and an unrecycled pizza box have in common? No, this isn’t a riddle – and the story just keeps getting weirder.
It all started with a Twitter war earlier this week Tate tweeted a picture of herself next to his gas-guzzling Bugatti. While tagging Thunberg, he boasted about his 33 cars, writing, “Please provide your email address so I can send a full list of my car collection and their respective massive emissions.”
Tate was banned from Twitter in 2017, but reinstated last month.
Hey @Greta Thunberg
I have 33 cars.
My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo.
My TWO Ferrari 812 competitive have 6.5L v12s.
This is just the beginning.
Please provide your email address so that I can send a full list of my car collection and their respective massive emissions. pic.twitter.com/ehhOBDQyYU
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) December 27, 2022
Thunberg responded with a tweet questioning Tate’s manhood. She wrote, “Yes, please inform me,” and shared the fake email address: “[email protected].”
yes please enlighten me. email me at [email protected] https://t.co/V8geeVvEvg
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 28, 2022
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Pizza box gate
Thunberg’s response went viral with over 276 million views, prompting Tate to respond with a video describing Thunberg as a “slave of the matrix” trying to “convince you to beg your government to tax you into poverty to prevent the sun hot.”
Halfway through the video, he asks someone to bring him pizza. “Make sure these boxes aren’t recycled,” he says, putting the pizza box on the table so that “Jerry’s Pizza” is visible.
Thank you for confirming via your email address that you have a small penis @Greta Thunberg
The world was curious.
And I agree that you should get a life https://t.co/mHmiKHjDGH pic.twitter.com/SMisajQRcf
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) December 28, 2022
An arrest
Soon after, Andrew Tate and his brother were arrested in Romania on charges of sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape, the Romanian News Center reported. Liberatea.
The pizza box tipped off local police to Tate’s location, according to several news outlets. Police raided his villa where he and his brother allegedly held an American and Romanian woman against their will in April.
A video of the arrest was posted on Twitter.
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have reportedly been arrested by Romanian authorities in a human trafficking investigation
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) December 29, 2022
Romanian police have not confirmed this story. But that didn’t stop Thunberg from responding with another clever tweet.
“This is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes,” she wrote.
this is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 30, 2022
Who is Andrew Tate?
After retiring from kickboxing, Tate made millions from various ventures, including reportedly setting up a webcam company in Romania.
He sells his too Class to thousands through an online school and community called ‘Hustlers University’.
Tate’s net worth is $50 million, according to Net worth of celebrities.
Tate has previously told his followers that he moved to Romania because police there were less likely to press charges of sexual assault against him.
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