Greta Thunberg

Speculation is swirling that Romanian pizza boxes in a video Tate sent to Miss Thunberg could have helped police trace him.

“The four suspects ... He went on to gain notoriety online, with Twitter banning him from the social media platform earlier this year after he said women should “bear responsibility” for being sexually assaulted. He first came to prominence when he appeared on TV show Big Brother in 2016, but was removed from the programme after a video surfaced online which appeared to show him attacking a woman with a belt – a clip he claimed had been edited. Tate was arrested on Thursday, the evening after the video was posted, with footage circulated widely on social media appearing to show him and his sibling being led away from a luxury villa. email me at [email protected].” Tate responded to Miss Thunberg’s viral tweet with a video of him sitting at a desk wearing a robe and smoking a cigar, in which he says to someone off-camera: “Please bring me pizza, and make sure that these boxes are not recycled.”

Greta Thunberg, climate activist, has reacted to the news that controversial social media personality Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania.

Tate went on to share a video response to the activist while dressed in a red dressing gown and claimed that Thunberg was referring to herself in her own post. In recent hours it’s been widely speculated online that his arrest would not have occurred had he not posted a video about Thunberg on social media. The former kickboxer is infamous for his far-right and misogynistic opinions, which previously led him to being banned from Twitter in 2017 after he stated that women ‘bear responsibility’ for being sexually assaulted.

Social media has been buzzing with the theory that the controversial influencer's Twitter spat with the Swedish climate activist inadvertently led to his ...

"The four suspects... With Tate's arrest coming quickly after the video, social media has been buzzing with the theory that the pizza boxes revealed his location to police. Social media has been buzzing with the theory that the controversial influencer's Twitter spat with the Swedish climate activist inadvertently led to his arrest.

Tate, a highly controversial social media celebrity, started his week as the butt of a joke by Greta Thunberg and ended it by reportedly getting arrested in ...

[Local media report](https://www.gandul.ro/actualitate/anchetatorii-au-descins-in-casa-din-pipera-a-luptatorului-tristan-tate-fost-iubit-al-biancai-dragusanu-ar-fi-sechetrat-o-femeie-alaturi-de-fratele-sau-19775283?utm_source=video_homepage&utm_medium=clicks_video&utm_campaign=video)s confirmed by various U.S. He'll be held in detention while authorities investigate, but the decision could be appealed at anytime, said a spokesperson for the Romanian anti-crime agency. [An investigation from The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star) discovered that hundreds of Hustler University members repackage Tate clips on platforms like TikTok every day. On Tuesday, he posted a photo of himself standing next to a Bugatti, captioned by the text, "Hello @GretaThunberg. Midway through the video, he gestures off camera, asking someone to bring him pizza. The statement didn't name Tate directly, though an accompanying video of the arrest appeared to show Tate, who is British, being led away in handcuffs. Tate said the video was a "total lie" that had been edited to make him look bad. outlets claim that Romanian police raided Tate's Romanian residence once earlier, on April 11, after claims that an American woman was being held captive at the house. More than 3 million users liked the post. His Twitter account was reinstated this November after Elon Musk took ownership of the platform. Email me at [email protected]." He's been described as

'The sheer amount of brand awareness achieved by Greta within a few years is astounding,' Musk tweeted.

[Follow live updates following Tate’s arrest here.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/andrew-tate-arrested-romania-raided-pizza-box-b2253344.html) [Today, it was announced](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/andrew-tate-jail-romania-nationality-b2253517.html) that the Tate brothers would be detained in prison for 30 days while police investigate the allegations against them. [a pizza box in the video response he shared to Thunberg’s tweet](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/andrew-tate-arrest-greta-thunberg-pizza-b2253365.html). [The Babylon Bee](https://babylonbee.com/news/new-greta-thunberg-thermostat-scowls-at-you-when-turning-the-heat-up) with the headline, “New Greta Thunberg Thermostat Scowls At You When You Turn The Heat Up”. [Romania](/topic/romania) as part of a [human trafficking](/topic/human-trafficking) and rape investigation. [ wittily shutting down Tate on Twitter](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/greta-thunberg-andrew-tate-twitter-b2252385.html), who’d tried to engage her in a debate about his cars.

Elon Musk has praised Greta Thunberg about her 'brand awareness' after the once-banned twitter account for right-wing, Christian satire site the Babylon Bee ...

My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad-turbo. In a post to Twitter on Friday the Babylon Bee posted an article with a picture of Thunberg, 19, on the front of a thermostat I have 33 cars. In a post to Twitter on Friday the Bee posted an article with a picture of Thunberg, 19, on the front of a thermostat that makes her scowl when the heat is turned up. On Wednesday, Tate found himself in hot water after getting into a Twitter spat with eco-activist Greta Thunberg just prior to his arrest

Here's why both their names – and the country of Romania – are all over Twitter.

Shortly after that video was released, Tate was detained in Romania for 24 hours along with his brother Tristan. It began when he directly tweeted her, mentioning his “33 cars” and the huge amount of emissions their engines release. He has described himself as the “king of masculinity”, but denies holding misogynistic views. “His ridiculous video yesterday featured a pizza from a Romanian pizza chain, Jerry’s Pizza, confirming he was in the country.” [Council of Europe through GRETA](https://www.coe.int/en/web/anti-human-trafficking/-/greta-publishes-its-third-report-on-romania) – the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings – “urged Romania last year to effectively prosecute human trafficking”. In a video of his arrest, Tate can be heard saying: “The matrix has attacked me.” [Civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo](https://twitter.com/Esqueer_) then claimed on Twitter: “Romanian authorities needed proof that Andrew Tate was in the country so they reportedly used his social media posts. [Thunberg](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/greta-thunberg), the 19-year-old eco-activist who has a huge online following and has spoken about the climate crisis at international conferences, was pulled into a spat with Tate this week. [Elon Musk](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/elon-musk) took over the platform, Tate has returned to Tate said at the time that the video was edited, and was “a total lie, trying to make me look bad”. He was subsequently banned by YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok too over his misogynistic views, although his supporters continued to post content with his name in the hashtag. [Romania](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/romania), while others mentioned his row with renowned environmentalist [Greta Thunberg.](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/greta-thunberg)