Andrew Tate Gets Into Spat With Piers Morgan

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and outspoken anchor Piers Morgan had a series of fiery exchanges on social media over the weekend.

The spat started when Tate marked Infowars host Alex Jones' return to X, formerly Twitter.

Tate posted that Jones was "a f****** hero," but Morgan was having none of it.

"A hero? For pouring more agony onto the torment of the poor Sandy Hook families, and exposing them to actual physical danger, with his disgusting deliberate lies? He's as far removed from heroic as it's possible to be," Morgan replied.

To which Tate shot back: "Piers Morgan. When somebody says 99 things right and you only focus on the thing they got wrong. You are lying about that persons character by deliberate OMISSION. This is the tactic of females and fassymen. So pick which one you are."

Jones was banned in September 2018 for violating the platform's abusive behavior policy and recently begged X owner Elon Musk to allow him back on the social media platform ahead of an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, which was broadcast on X on Thursday.

Musk then asked his followers on Saturday whether Jones, a conspiracy theorist known for spreading hoaxes and misinformation about September 11, 2001, and the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, should have his account reinstated in a poll.

The poll received nearly 2 million votes in 17 hours, with more than 70 percent of responders answering "yes," in support of the controversial Jones.

"The people have spoken and so it shall be," Musk posted in response to the results. Jones' account was restored in the early hours on December 10.

But the spat between Morgan and Tate did not end at the disagreement over Jones. Morgan posted about having COVID and the symptoms he was experiencing.

"Who else has had the latest Covid strain? I'm into day 7 of incessant cough, snotty nose, raging sinuses, asthma-like breathing, Barry White voice, and tedious fatigue.. would love to hear it's only an 8-day thing," he wrote on Sunday.

Tate retweeted Morgan and added the LGBTQ+ Pride flag.

They had earlier gone head to head about COVID vaccines, with Tate claiming he gave Morgan the virus when they met for a face-to-face interview in November.

"I gave you Covid. I have no vaccines and wore no mask. I did it," Tate wrote. "I of course suffer zero symptoms because I am too sexy and rich."

Morgan recently interviewed Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, in Romania where the pair are currently facing charges of human trafficking, forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women and tampering with evidence. Tate is also facing two charges of rape but both deny any wrongdoing.

Four women in the U.K. have also filed a lawsuit against Tate accusing him of crimes including rape, physical violence and coercive control between 2013 and 2016. He has also claimed his innocence against those charges.

"It is torture trying to live my life with constant reminders from work colleagues, friends online, the radio, the hairdressers, basically anyone randomly mentioning his name. This isn't supposed to happen," one of the women suing Tate told Newsweek in October. She has to keep her name private out of fears for her safety.

Tate used to be a professional kickboxer but then appeared on the U.K. version of reality TV series Big Brother. He made headlines for his sexist comments and was eventually taken out of the house by producers after a video surfaced of him hitting a woman. Tate claimed the act was consensual.

Since then, Tate has run courses on cryptocurrency and teaching men about masculinity.