Piers Morgan got into a heated conversation with Andrew Tate over the influencer’s controversial views about women.
During Wednesday’s episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, available to stream on Flash, the Sky News host aired a preview of his interview with the former kickboxer which will run later in the week.
In the clip, the broadcaster questioned the internet star about his previous comment that he finds women aged 18 or 19 more attractive than women over 25.
“That is misogyny,” Morgan said.
When Tate asked why, the outspoken journalist explained: “Because you are encouraging a mindset about 25-year-old women that makes them sound to be infinitely less desirable than 18/19-year-olds and having effectively too much sex to be taken in a more respectful way.”
The former Big Brother UK housemate disagreed.
“Firstly, even if that was the case that wouldn’t be misogyny. That’s not misogyny because that’s not anti-women, I’m not saying that an 18 or 19-year-old woman would be more desirable,” he argued.
“Anti-25-year-old women we can argue, but not misogyny.”
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While Tate argued his point, Morgan suggested that “being anti any woman at all is misogyny”.
“Not when I’m saying women are beautiful and attractive at a certain age… ageist perhaps, but misogynistic absolutely not,” Tate said.
The TV presenter claimed that Tate’s explanation was him accepting his comment was misogynist.
Tate fired back, telling Morgan: “No I didn’t, you said it was misogyny, I’m telling you no it’s not.”
The Sky News host suggested: “If a 26-year-old woman is watching this and has heard those comments, would you just say to her, ‘Look, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that?’”
“No, I won’t. I would say that I’m sorry that offends you,” Tate replied.
“However, there’s a large contingent of the world that… I’m not sorry. I’m sorry if that offends you.”
Tate made headlines in August after stunning the internet with his misogynistic views.
In a string of clips that went viral on TikTok, the disgraced influencer said women “belong in the home”, “can’t drive”, and are a “man’s property”.
In another clip he claimed women who are raped should “bear some responsibility”.
Videos of his comments have been watched over 11.6 billion times.
The internet personality was booted off Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube for violating the platforms’ hate speech policies.
Long before his rise to TikTok fame, Tate’s views on women have been clear.
Back in 2016, he was kicked out of Big Brother UK after a video emerged of him hitting a woman with a belt.
A second, released shortly after, showed him telling a different woman to count the bruises he apparently caused her.
Both Tate and the women denied any abuse occurred, and said the clips showed consensual sex.
– with The Sun
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