Andrew Tate's 'Grindr leak' sets Internet on fire, ignites LGBTQ community debate: ‘Deepfake or real’

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA: Trust Andrew Tate to spark off new controversy. The former kickboxer and self-proclaimed misogynist is often the talk of the town amongst netizens. Once again, Tate, who is fighting sexual allegations against him, is a subject of public outrage after his homophobic comments went public. On Sunday, explicit images of Andrew Tate surfaced on Twitter, seemingly leaked from a Grindr direct message. The nude pictures quickly circulated on the platform but were swiftly removed. The incident sparked a scandal, drawing attention and discussion from social media users.

Looks like even after being under house arrest in Romania hasn’t stopped him from spewing his unabashed and awful comments against people from the LGBT community. While there is a major segment of people who do not align with Tate’s opinions, there remains a segment that are in sync with his chauvinist and homophobic narrative.

Andrew Tate's 'Grindr leak' sets Internet on fire

As of now, the Romanian courts have decided to extend house arrest for Andrew and his brother Tristan Tate as they face human trafficking charges. Amid this high-profile case playing out, a Grindr leak containing X-rated and NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content involving Andrew Tate has ignited a contentious discussion on social media. On Sunday, July 23, several nude images of Tate circulated online, appearing to be from a leaked Grindr direct message. However, the explicit pictures were swiftly removed from the platform.

Right after the images went viral across social media, users were quick in raising doubts about whether the images, showing Tate in a provocative pose on Grindr — a dating app popularly used by gay men for hookups, was was real or faked.

'Deepfake or real?'

As Tate has never shied away from expressing his opinions against the LGBT community, his leaked pictures from Grindr, an app exclusively for the LGBT community had the internet divided. Wondering whether the images were real or not, a user on Reddit wrote, “Deepfake or real?”, while another user wrote, “It would be funny as f**k and not one bit surprising. LMAO. But, he wouldn't be this dumb actually."

The third user wrote, "Something about the second picture doesn’t seem real… idk how to explain it. Looks too smooth? Like the skin? Idk"