Update: A Romanian law enforcement agency has confirmed that the Jerry’s pizza box did not, after all, lead to Andrew Tate’s arrest, reported Huffpost. “Funny, but no,” DIICOT spokesperson Ramona Bolla told the AP after it was widely speculated that the pizza box in Tate’s video in response to Greta Thunberg had tipped authorities off about the whereabouts of the misogynistic influencer.
Controversial online influencer Andrew Tate was detained in Romania’s Bucharest as part of human trafficking and rape probe along with his brother Tristan Tate. After his controversy with climate activist Greta Thunberg, he responded with a video where he was smoking a cigar and a pizza box was brought to him, while he was addressing Greta saying he won’t recycle. The video featured a box from the popular Romanian pizza chain ‘Jerry’s Pizza’.
The Council of Europe through GRETA, the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, urged Romania last year to effectively prosecute human trafficking.
It all started after the former professional kickboxer tried slamming the Swedish environmentalist in his recent tweet and the 19-year-old came up front with a savage reply.
Tate took to Twitter to mention his expensive cars and gave details about the vehicles’ potent engines. His high-prized Bugatti and Ferrari featured in the tweet that read, “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.” He further demanded Thunberg’s email address to furnish the details about his supercars’ enormous emissions. “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.”
Meanwhile, Thunberg replied in probably the crudest way possible and said, “yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalld***energy@getalife.com.”
Tate called himself ‘Top G’ which means ‘Top Gangster’ in modern internet parlance. He said ‘Top G’ means an ‘individual capable in all realms’ or competent in every field.
On the internet, he became infamous after he said women need to ‘bear responsibility’ for being sexually assaulted, leading to a Twitter ban, which was later reinstated. He remains banned on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram.
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