RAPPER Cardi B has appeared to mock influencer Andrew Tate after the former kickboxer was arrested in Romania on suspected human trafficking charges.
Tate, 36, who has created his brand around his “alpha male” image, recently got into an online spat with teenage eco-warrior Greta Thunberg after he bragged about his collection of exhaust-belching cars.
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Rapper Cardi B has mocked influencer Andrew Tate following his arrestCredit: Splash
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Tate’s home in Romania was raided following human trafficking allegationsCredit: Twitter
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It follows Tate’s bizarre spat with Swedish environmentalist Greta ThunbergCredit: AFP
Cardi B has since shared a picture of Greta, 19, with her 27million Twitter followers in an apparent dig at the disgraced ex-Big Brother star.
The WAP artist previously hit out at UFC fighter Jake Shields when he compared her unfavourably to Tate.
In August, after the British-American influencer was banned from Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, former UFC and MMA fighter Shields took to Twitter to publicly defend Tate.
He wrote: “People are freaking out about young boys looking up to Andrew Tate but totally fine with young girls looking up to Cardi B and the Kardashians.
“Tate’s main message is stop being lazy and making excuses and go work hard and get in shape and make money,” he added. “Cardi’s is go do drugs, f*** random men and go through life as a braindead moron.”
But in a since-deleted tweet, Cardi hit back at Shields, writing: “I’m married, I don’t smoke weed, I don’t pop pills, I don’t do coke, I’m a mom of two kids and I do a lot of charity work…but hey let me put cardi into it to defend a man who defend misogyny and rape.”
Controversial influencer Tate initially gained fame after a short-lived appearance on Big Brother.
He was dumped from the reality show after alleged footage of him beating a woman emerged online.
Since then he has sparked revulsion and outrage with a wave of content online.
The Washington DC-born Tate has been accused of spreading hate towards women as he built his profile.
He was banned from Twitter in 2017 for violating its terms of service with his controversial comments but has since had his account reinstated following Elon Musk’s takeover.
Tate has previously referred to women as “property” and said they should bear “some responsibility” if they are sexually assaulted.
This is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes
Greta Thunberg
In August, Tate was banned from a range of other social media sites over a string of disturbing rants about women.
TikTok banned him for misogyny, while Meta said he violated their policies around “Dangerous Individuals and Organisations”.
He is also banned on YouTube.
Tate has denied accusations of misogyny and claimed that many of his clips are “taken out of context”.
Now, in the wake of Tate’s arrest in Romania over human trafficking allegations, Cardi B has appeared to revel in his downfall.
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Tate posted a bizarre video in which he was handed two pizza boxes
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It is alleged that the pizza boxes may have led to Tate’s arrest
He and his brother were pictured being led away from his home in handcuffsCredit: Reuters
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Tate has cultivated an image as an alpha-male influencer
First, she shared a link to an article on Tate’s arrest, tweeting simply: “Well well well…”
She later posted a single image of Greta with the simple caption “IDC” (I don’t care).
Tate started a row with the young Swedish environmentalist earlier this week after he attempted to troll her about his car collection.
The kickboxer tried to taunt the climate change campaigner by bragging about the “enormous emissions” of his vehicles.
He offered to send her a list of his 33 cars – including a Bugatti – if she gave him her email address.
Greta however responded by taunting Tate, offering up her email address of “smalld**[email protected]”.
This seemed to trigger Tate, who then posted an extraordinary rant apparently filmed from his home in Romania, which is a licensed gun range.
Wearing a red and gold robe and puffing on a cigar, Tate branded Greta a “slave of the matrix” and said she was “programmed”.
He then bizarrely asked for two pizza boxes that were “non-recyclable” which were handed to him.
It has since been claimed that the pizza box stunt may have led to his arrest.
The clip featured a stack of boxes from Romanian pizza chain Jerry’s Pizza – seemingly revealing his location.
Tate also posted scenic footage on Twitter on Christmas Day with the caption “Romania”.
Greta has since responded to Tate’s arrest, joking on Twitter: “This is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes.”
Sources close to the investigation told local news outlet Gandul that anti-mafia prosecutors realised Tate and his brother were in the country because of their social media.
But Romanian police later said the pizza box was “not related” to his arrest.
“It’s not related,” a police spokeswoman told AFP.
“To determine whether a person is in the country or not, we use a whole range of means.”
She stressed “arrest warrants and searches” had already been in place.
On Thursday night, footage emerged of Andrew and his brother Tristan led away by Romanian cops after a swat team raided their expansive house.
The pair have reportedly been under investigation for the alleged kidnapping of two young women at their villa in the town of Voluntari, a suburb five miles northeast of the capital Bucharest.
A spokesman for Andrew and Tristan told The Sun: “We cannot provide any details at the moment regarding alleged reports that they have been detained; however, Andrew and Tristan Tate have the utmost respect for the Romanian authorities and will always assist and help in any way they can.”
