Andrew Tate has used Paddy Pimblett and Tyson Fury's recent messages about men's mental health to defend his presence on social media.
The controversial former kickboxer was suspended from social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and video streaming service YouTube in recent days, largely due to his views on women Last night Tate was defended by potential boxing rival Jake Paul on social media who believes he should have "freedom of speech" and released the star's final message on his social media pages.
During the video Tate discussed a number of different aspects of his time in the limelight in addition to what his future holds after his accounts were suspended. Tate claimed his role in the limelight was positive because he helped encourage men to be strong rather than talk about their problems. "Public consciousness via the media has bought into a construct when some people believe I am dangerous," he said.
"All I have done is save people from depression, we talk about men's mental health like when Paddy Pimblett fought who said men should come forward." The video shows an emotional speech from Pimblett who spoke up on men's mental health after recently losing his friend Ricky who tragically took his own life before his UFC London victory.
It also shows a brief clip of heavyweight champion Fury talking about his own battle with mental health problems which saw him forced to abandon his heavyweight career before making an epic comeback. Tate then continues: "Everyone says men you should talk to us and talk more, I try and encourage men to be strong and I say 'listen if you are depressed you need to get in the gym'. I use my lifestyle which is aspirational to most men because of the finance, I encourage people to work hard and become the best version of themselves.
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"Men are encouraged to talk and open up but when I talk and open up they are going to silence me. I have been nothing but a net positive on the world. I am very understanding of the changing social media landscape and I am a man who takes completely responsibility of everything. My key to success is never to blame luck or anything else, to just blame myself."
Tate rose to fame on reality TV series Big Brother in which his time was short lived after a video emerged of him appearing to attack a woman with a belt, which he claimed had been edited. He gained further bad traction online after recently claiming women “bear some responsibility” for being assaulted, which saw him banned from Twitter.
