For some young men online, the kickboxer and influencer Andrew Tate (36) is somewhat of a role model for how to be a real man, living a proper life and engaging in masculine pursuits. Tate has a sort of mentor relationship with former Twitch streamer Adin Ross, who has now signed a big deal with Kick.
What’s the deal with Adin Ross and Andrew Tate?
- Andrew Tate considers himself a mentor to the successful streamer Adin Ross. The two have known each other since mid-2022, when Ross invited the former kickboxer onto his Twitch stream. Some view Tate as a model for how a man should be. He encouraged Adin Ross to train and make more of himself.
- Andrew Tate has been banned on most platforms since late summer 2022 and is regarded as a problematic person due to his many scandals and misogynistic comments. However, Adin Ross provides him with a platform and interviews him. When Adin Ross talks about or with Andrew Tate, he garners huge view counts. Recently, Ross was permanently banned from Twitch.
- In March 2023, Adin Ross signed a major deal with the streaming service Kick, which allegedly offered him “the best deal of all time.” Andrew Tate is now commenting on this.
What does Tate say about Adin Ross? According to Sportskeeda, Tate was evidently dissatisfied with his protégé. He criticized him for taking the drug “Lean”: a substance created by mixing prescription cough syrup with a soft drink.
Apparently, Tate is also not very happy that Adin Ross has now made so much money. This somehow contradicts Tate’s philosophy:
He is a very lucky young man. He made a lot of money early in life, which is great, but it can also destroy you. Money is an amplifier.
Tate also said he feels responsible for Adin and wants to bring out “the best” in Ross.
‘Not man enough to be so rich’
What’s the problem with money? Tate implies that money that’s earned easily can corrupt character:
Money does not change who you are. It amplifies who you are. I am not Top G or anyone. I am not the man because I am rich. I was the man when I was poor, and then I became rich. If you are a fool and then become rich, you are a very rich fool.
According to Andrew Tate, Adin Ross must first go through some hardships and overcome them before he proves worthy of the money.
Tate elaborates: Young men who become wealthy quickly should panic and tell themselves: “I am not worthy of money. I am not man enough for so much money.”
For anyone who becomes rich as a young and weak man, they will also become a target, for example, of “gold diggers”—women who are only interested in men’s money. Therefore, it is crucial for young people who receive so much money to quickly become a man:
You must first become strong. You must go through some valleys. You must first overcome things.
Why is Tate considered so problematic? Andrew Tate has repeatedly made headlines in the past with indefensible, misogynistic remarks. There are also allegations that he is involved in human trafficking and the founding of a criminal organization that served the sexual exploitation of women.
Tate denies all allegations.
Why is this interesting? What’s intriguing about the case is that despite all his legal troubles, Andrew Tate manages to present himself as an idol for a group of young men online with statements like “I watched Fight Club and didn’t understand it,” who are apparently looking for a male identity and have landed with him.
With Tate, it’s all about becoming “a man” or being “the man.”
The site Sportskeeda quotes some statements from these fans, revolving around the idea that Adin: Ross
- must “change”
- must “go to the gym”
- must stop hanging out with losers like “IShowSpeed and Kai Cenat”
- must pay a million US dollars to Andrew Tate to train him
Apparently, the lifestyle that Adin Ross or xQc leads is the “soft boys life,” which absolutely contradicts Tate’s teachings.
A culture seems to be forming around Andrew Tate, or has already formed, that is fascinated by a male ideal that appears to revolve around fitness, material success, and “being a man.”
What results when a young Fortnite player adopts Tate into his life became clear:
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