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Andrew Tate's uncle says he is NOT a billionaire and calls his 'King of Toxic Masculinity' persona and misogynistic rants an 'act to get clicks' that make young impressionable men obsessed with flashy cars and piles of cash
Andrew Tate's family has slammed the 'King of Toxic Masculinity' for portraying a fake online persona – and encouraging impressionable young men to be obsessed with flashy cars and piles of cash.
Tate and his brother Tristan are facing ten accusations of rape, sexual assault and human trafficking from three alleged victims in the UK.
The disgraced influencer - who boasts he's made a £200million fortune with his misogynistic rants – insists the brothers are 'very innocent men' and blamed 'satanists' after learning he will be extradited to Britain to face the allegations.
But some of Tate's family are appalled by his controversial remarks in which he has claimed that women belong in the home, can't drive, and are a man's property.
They have grimaced at his comments online that rape victims must 'bear responsibility' for their attacks and that he dates women aged 18–19 because he can 'make an imprint' on them.
Police officers escort Andrew Tate, center, handcuffed, next to his brother Tristan to the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on Tuesday March 12
Tate's uncle John Ashleigh (pictured) says he doesn't even recognise his nephew's online persona, claiming it's an act by the 37-year-old motormouth former kickboxing champion
Andrew Tate's family has slammed the 'King of Toxic Masculinity' for portraying a fake online persona – and encouraging impressionable young men to be obsessed with flashy cars and piles of cash
Tate (pictured) and his brother Tristan are facing ten accusations of rape, sexual assault and human trafficking from three alleged victims in the UK
His uncle John Ashleigh says he doesn't even recognise Tate's online persona, claiming it's an act by the 37-year-old motormouth former kickboxing champion and his brother Tristan.
Speaking exclusively from his home in Luton, Mr Ashleigh, who is brother of Tate's mother Eileen, admitted that Tate's loud, gaudy image doesn't impress him.
'It's certainly flashy, with the cars etc. The way I see it, you can only enjoy one car, you can only eat one meal. You don't need to f****g brag about how many cars or watches you've got, it's rubbish.
'Is that for show though, just to get the clicks? It's tempting to say he should be more like the Andrew I know in his internet persona, but I can't speak for him, and he knows how to get the clicks.
'If he wasn't my nephew I wouldn't be interested in someone like Andrew.'
Living in a modest social housing flat on the edge of Luton, Tate's former hometown, Mr Ashleigh's situation is a far cry from that of his nephew, who has rarely missed a chance to flaunt his wealth with a fleet of supercars and often a bevy of beautiful women on his arm as he broadcasts from his base in Romania.
Former Luton Airport worker and father-of-one Mr Ashleigh, who last met Tate around five years ago, says he takes much of what is written or said about Tate – including by himself – with a pinch of salt.
'He's not a billionaire. He's done very well for himself, but I wonder if he's even worth the £200million people say he is,' he said in his first interview about his controversial nephews.
Does he believe that Andrew, who goes by the title 'Top G' online is a 'star' as many would have it?
'He ain't a star!' says Mr Ashleigh. 'How can Andrew be worth £200m? I just can't get my head round it.'
Andrew tate pictured with a flashy red Ferrari 458 Italia sports car
'If he wasn't my nephew I wouldn't be interested in someone like Andrew'
Whilst he doesn't condone his nephew's abhorrent rants about women, Tate's uncle suggests that the shamed influencer is misunderstood.
John is more defensive on Tate's attitudes in this sphere - claiming his misogyny has been exaggerated by critics.
Tate has happily declared himself a 'misogynist' but Mr Ashleigh says: 'He doesn't hate women – he loves them and he's had some gorgeous girlfriends.
'Maybe his view is a bit old-fashioned and that women need to be protected, but I think he comes out with these things to shock people – and to get the clicks online.'
He's keen to accentuate the positive when it comes to his nephews and says their mother Eileen does the same.
He even dismisses the claims from alleged victims against his nephews as coming from 'scorned' women.
'If you met Andrew or Tristan in the pub, they come across as totally different characters. Andrew's no fool but he can come across as quite domineering. That's not the way he is in real life, he's very respectful.
'My sister doesn't believe any of the investigations in Romania add up to anything. It's her sons we're talking about, and she's been out to Romania.
'They couldn't come up with any real evidence so it's all trumped-up, or at least that's what Eileen tells me and she's met the lawyers in Bucharest.
'The lawyers told her that many of the women coming forward were scorned, and that can create a backlash.
'It's stuff from girls he's met in the past, or who worked for him. Most of the girls who worked for them in their webcam business spoke highly of them and enjoyed working there and made lots of money themselves.'
Both Tate and his brother now face extradition to back to Britain from their base in Romania after they were issued with a UK arrest warrant for alleged 'sexual aggression'.
The pair were initially arrested in Bucharest on December 29, 2022 on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group, according to prosecutors.
Since then, they have been held in custody or under house arrest, but now also face extradition to a British court once the Romanian judicial proceedings have finished.
Lawyers representing four women who accuse Tate of rape and sexual assault wrote to British police to immediately seek his detention after receiving information that he was planning to flee Romania, a statement said.
A warrant was duly issued by Westminster Magistrates Court, relating to allegations of sexual aggression made in 2012-2015 which were previously dismissed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Impressionable youngsters – even as young as nine – are said to take their lead from Tate's venomous diatribes about women.
A small Yorkshire charity called Diversify takes 25 calls a week from primary and secondary schools worried about sexual harassment and misogynistic incidents and often cite Tate, according to the Guardian.
Andrew Tate and his siblings lived in the deprived Marsh Farm estate in Luton, which he described as a 'one of the worst areas inside of the UK'
A general view of tower blocks in the Marsh Farm area of Luton, where Tate grew up
Andrew Tate arrives at the Bucharest Tribunal in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 15, 2024
Tate's TikTok videos tell boys that a woman belongs to her boyfriend; girls who don't stay at home are 'hoes'; and rape victims must 'bear responsibility' for their attacks.
Diversify's co-founder Sara Cunningham estimates that an average class of 30 children will have eight boys who admire Tate, who now says he is a Muslim convert.
Andrew and his brother were born in the US, where their late father Emory was a United States Air Force intelligence senior NCO – as well as being a chess grandmaster.
Their parents met in the 1980s when fluent Russian-speaker Emory was stationed at a Cold War listening post in Chicksands, Bedfordshire.
Eileen, along with many other local girls, went to the base on nights out and Emory was captivated.
When the marriage fell apart, Eileen returned to live with the two boys and their younger sister Janine on the deprived Marsh Farm estate in Luton, which Andrew Tate described as a 'one of the worst areas inside of the UK' in his recent interview with Piers Morgan.
Asked how the family and their mother view the brothers making a fortune from such a seedy business, his reply is immediate: 'It's not illegal and if they weren't doing it, somebody else would be.'
He adds: 'The family love him, but are they proud? Well put it this way, in my average little life, having known him as a kid and taken him to football, I can't believe he's got where he is.
'I've always admired his focus. He decided aged 16 that he wanted to be a kickboxing champion and that's exactly what he did within a few years.
'I used to take him to Luton Town football a few times when he was very little. He was a pleasant young lad.
'He started working as a Saturday boy for my brother Keith, who runs a fish stall. He was into earning cash at a young age - only pocket money, but it gave him a good grounding in the value of money.
'Then he put a punch-bag up in my sister's garage and started the kickboxing training and joined Storm Gym. The trainer there told him he could see potential and within years he was a world champion.'
Tate's kickboxing mentor was Amir Subasic, a Bosnian-born Muslim served as former special forces soldier in the war against Serbian nationalists, then later settled in Luton.
Mr Ashleigh says Emory gave both his sons a good grounding in their early years, equipping them for the challenges they would face on the streets of Marsh Farm.
'The area didn't have a good reputation even in those days,' he said.
'But it's like anywhere, if you have nice neighbours, one bad one can bring the whole place down. On Marsh Farm there is a lot of drugs around and you have to be careful walking around.
'His father told him that if anyone tried to take his lunchbox from him, to 'Make sure you hit 'em with it, and they won't try and take it again.'
'It was a lesson to simply stick up for yourself and it's served him well I think, both physically and mentally. If you don't face down a bully from the start, they'll take advantage. Andrew was never bullied and he's not a bully himself either. '
A mural on a wall in the Marsh Farm area of Luton, where Tate and his family grew up
Andrew Tate's former school in Luton, Lea Manor High School
Lea Manor Recreation Centre in the Marsh Farm area of Luton, Bedfordshire
Not that everyone in Marsh Farm enjoys being used as Tate's exemplar of sink estate poverty and drug-fuelled depravity.
One former school contemporary told MailOnline: 'People who live her know what it's like, and yes it has it's problems, but there are plenty of people here who instead of trying to make it sound like a cross between a war zone and a ghetto have stayed and try do their bit to make things better.
'It's not helpful to have Tate bad-mouthing the place all the time.'
As for Tate's influence on adolescent boys, Mr Ashleigh admits: 'Schools are terrified of him and what he's saying. But I'm sure that's not the message he wants to put out.'
He points out that Tate posted a video recently after a 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Luton, and told young people that only 'morons' would carry a knife.
Unfortunately the message backfired somewhat because the victim did not, as he claimed, go to his old school Lea Manor High school on Marsh Farm.
The Chiltern Learning Trust, which runs the school, issued a statement saying: 'We wanted to write to you to clarify that no one from the school community has been involved in these incidents and our school's name appears to have been used in error.'
MailOnline contacted the school about their infamous alumnus, but they declined to comment.
In fairness to Tate, the victim was a student at his other alma mater, Luton Sixth Form College.
Mr Ashleigh said of his nephew: 'I'm sure he doesn't want to come across as a hero to these boys, with a halo on his head.
'A lot of people's minds can easily be swayed by the internet and social media. Unless you can think for yourself, you can easily be pushed in a certain direction.
'He does put across the message that if you work hard and focus yourself you can fulfil your aspirations. And he has - for a boy from Marsh Farm to become a kick-boxing champion and an internet multi-millionaire is quite something. If he wants it, Andrew has a vision, believe me.'