Piers Morgan confronted Andrew Tate for his scathing remarks regarding Amanda Holden’s swimsuit photos.
During a lengthy discussion on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday night, the former Good Morning Britain anchor brought up Tate’s earlier this year statement regarding Amanda.
The infamous 36-year-old influencer, who was imprisoned last year on rape and human trafficking allegations, commented on an Instagram photo Amanda posted of herself in a swimsuit.
He said: ‘You are a wife and a mother and youre [sic] far past a teenager. There is no need for this post.’
Piers began by calling Amanda ‘a very good friend of mine’ and described the photo as ‘harmless’ and ‘extraordinarily beautiful’.
He said Tate’s comment was ‘misogynistic,’ with Tate shouting over him – as he had done all through the interview – ‘it’s not misogynist.’
Piers enquired as to why Amanda, 52, ‘can’t show off her wonderful physique in a great bikini like that, what’s wrong with it?’
Tate then went on a tangent about how, after the age of 50, “any woman should not be interested in thirst trapping on Instagram.”
‘I think she has bigger responsibilities, I am sure she is a very intelligent lady … and I think she could do things more interesting than standing around trying to thirst trap on Instagram like she is 18.’
He insisted he ‘wasn’t insulting her, I was reminding her that she is actually such a fantastic person, she has done such amazing things in her life … she is actually above thirst trapping. I was reminding her of her worth, because as a feminist, we are all feminists here, right, we all believe in women empowerment. I am reminding her of her worth.’
Tate doubled down on claims that he is a feminist, because ‘taking your clothes off for men on Instagram is not empowering. Modesty is empowering for a female.’
‘It’s empowering when you say “no man except my husband can see my body.” That is female empowerment and I was reminding her of that … I was reminding her of her ripe age and her intellect and there is no need for that post.’
Piers questioned Tate, 36, whether he would cease ‘thirst-trapping’ with his own topless images, to which he replied that it is ‘different’ and not thirst-trapping.
Amanda previously addressed Tate’s remark on Instagram, claiming she was tempted to share the photo with the message, ‘Kiss my 52-year-old arse.’
She continued: ‘But you just know something like that’s going to go on and on – and in the end, why give him the oxygen?’
When asked if she intends to dress more modestly, Amanda told The Telegraph that she will not be covering anything.
‘I will always listen to myself first, because I dress for me – nobody else,’ she said.
Piers Morgan: Uncensored airs weekdays from 8pm on TalkTV
