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Meeting the Tate Brothers in Romania

from Andrew Tate, A Socialist Makeover, & The Demise Of Red Robin | The Tim Dillon Show #505 · #505

5 min

Tim recounts flying to Bucharest for a Bitcoin client's comedy gig, being picked up by Andrew and Tristan Tate in Rolls-Royces, and having a lovely steakhouse dinner with them, while grappling with the choking/rape and trafficking allegations against them.

In this bit8 moments
  • The Tate brothers can't catch a break.
  • Tim was paid by a Bitcoin guy to do comedy in Bucharest for English speakers who barely understood him.
  • During his Bucharest set, one audience member stood up and screamed at him.
  • They're accused of rape and human trafficking, but Tim wants to describe his personal experience first.
  • New York Times reports they're accused of choking women until they pass out and then raping them.
  • Tim witnessed none of that behavior in Romania, though some of the women with them seemed quiet.
  • Tim reflects on commodified love, comparing it to what he's heard from friends' mothers in Beverly Hills and New York.
  • The Tates live together in one Romanian house and are open about liking a harem, viewing women as property rather than people.
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