Andrew Tate on His Way Back to America To Make This Year Even Worse

I have twin sons who are almost four years old (crumbles to dust). Since my wife is a hard-working badass who brings home the turkey and the bacon, I often watch our kids. It works out because I can work on career stuff at home and save us money on babysitting. Because of that, I have to deal with other parents at the park. I meet all kinds. Still, my least favorites have to be: Dads who insist on making sure their kids are “tough” and parents who don’t tell their kids “no.”

Neither type of parent has ever made much sense to me. First and foremost, I have two boys (until they tell me otherwise). My job is to ensure they know what “no” means forwards and backwards. My wife and I both wanted girls, but when I learned we were having boys, I knew instantly I didn’t want them to be boys that girls had to be afraid of. While I understand not wanting to restrict your kids or make them feel stunted, they are kids. Sometimes you need to tell them no.

I’m also not naive about how cruel and unforgiving this world can be. I want my kids to be tough in mind and spirit, but not at the expense of letting them know I care for them, which is often the caveat with “Tough Dads.” I have had to hear some dude tell me “I don’t hug them when they cry” and the “them” in question is a three-year-old who just scraped their knee. It’s insane behavior that is more likely to result in fewer calls on future holidays and angry pricks who weren’t loved enough.

I don’t have all the answers, but I have seen that my wife’s and my influence on our kids has been positive. They are well-behaved and they share, both with each other and with playmates. Within one recent week, they had playdates where the kids they were playing with, all with “anti-no” parents, were ill-mannered and not sweet. I’ve seen the proof! What I am doing is working! But, my influence will not last forever. One day, they will be out in the world, and hateful f***s like Andrew Tate will be waiting for them.

While I will do my best to monitor what my kids have access to in the future, I also have little grasp on what that will entail. I can keep them from having a phone or unfettered access to the internet for as long as I can, but that won’t stop them from meeting some kid who has been radicalized by people who openly call themselves misogynists and brag about hurting women. Andrew Tate is such a reprehensible being, and for a while, it seemed like he was finally facing consequences for his reprehensible actions.

Tate and his awful brother were detained in Romania in 2022 for sex trafficking, money laundering, and sexual assault. While they deny wrongdoing, the charges fit the Tate Brothers’ MO. They are massive pieces of s*** and they wield wild amounts of influence. In 2022, it felt like they may never be an issue again. In 2025, fresh off an election that saw young, white men feel emboldened to support a racist misogynist and his team of white supremacists, it feels like the influence of the Tates may only grow.

The Man Who Doesn’t Deserve To Be Called Andrew posted on X last month saying, “The Tates will be free, Trump is the president. The good old days are back. And they will be better than ever. Hold on.” It’s been reported that this morning the Tate Brothers boarded a private jet to Florida (because of course). This came after the Trump Administration allegedly asked the Romanian government to return their passports as they awaited trial. It is the newest step the administration has taken to embrace the worst aspects of humanity.

We’re less than two months into Trump’s term and he’s courting dictators, rapists, and white supremacists (like attracts like) at record speeds. Meanwhile, I’m listening to my sweet little boys play PJ Masks in the other room. They are being nice to each other, just like they are to everyone else. I want that to last their whole lives. Even with the Tates of the world, I have to believe that my boys will be strong-willed enough to recognize that real strength comes from kindness and acceptance.

They will be on their own one day, and while I’m afraid of what influences they will face, I want them to be armed with the correct tools to deal with them. The way to deal with people like Andrew Tate is to love the people he may target. That’s my plan. I won’t let my kids do whatever they want, but they will be loved, forever and always. Tate may be out to make this world worse, but every kid who is loved and disciplined will make that harder for him to do.