The makers of an access-all-areas documentary about Andrew Tate have revealed that the controversial influencer imposed only one condition on their filming.
Dan Reed, who produced I Am Andrew Tate, which airs Sunday evening in the UK, wrote in The Guardian newspaper that Tate told his team: “You can ask me anything. The only condition is you can’t film my [computer] screens.”
The screens are where Tate has made his money, turning his enterprise of optimising the online sex trade with direct messaging to male clients into a global franchise, including ‘university courses’ and lifestyle videos. While he claims to be the most googled man on the planet, Reed reveals that in 2022 Tate came in at number eight on the list of top internet name searches.
Reed, who previously made the Michael Jackson expose film Leaving Neverland, wrote that, contrary to Tate’s bold persona, in person during their first meeting in Dubai, “he seemed oddly vulnerable. We walked back out through the empty villa and past the Bugatti with an odd feeling that Tate was a bit sad.”
Reed reported that his team’s filmmaking with Tate took a turn in December 2022 when his subject was arrested with his brother on suspicion of human trafficking, charges Tate denies. In July 2023, two of the accusers reportedly went into hiding, and the Tate brothers filed a defamation lawsuit.
Tate is currently waiting to hear whether the case will proceed to trial, while he faces further allegations from women in the UK.
Reed wrote that his film nearly came unstuck early last year when Tate hired new lawyer Mark Geragos, who previously represented Michael Jackson, and prevented any further access to Tate.