Published 13:31 IST, January 1st 2023

Elon Musk sides with Greta Thunberg's pizza tweet against Andrew Tate, calls her 'cool'

On Friday, Elon Musk decided to close off his 2022, by throwing shade at the former kickboxer and internet loudmouth Andrew Tate. Musk also called Greta "cool".

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As social media brawl between Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and social media influencer Andrew Tate took new turns, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided to jump in. Siding with climate activist in her feud with Tate, Musk took to Twitter on Saturday and wrote, “Sometimes it’s just better to make pizza at home.” Musk was referring to Andrew Tate’s clapback video against Swedish climate activist that featured pizza boxes which reportedly led to his arrest in Romania. 

Meanwhile, in anor Tweet, Musk called Swedish climate activist “cool” and complimented her “brand awareness”. Musk was commenting on an article written that talked about a rmostat that features Thunberg’s face. Commenting on piece published by satirical website, Musk wrote, “ sheer amount of brand awareness achieved by Greta within a few years is astounding. I think she’s cool tbh.”

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online feud between Tate and Thunberg started when self-proclaimed, “Alpha male” decided to tag 19-year-old climate activist and boasted about emissions his 33 cars produced. Thunberg n responded to Tate with a strong clap-back. After Tate asked for Thunberg’s email dress, Swedish climate activist took a jab and wrote, “smalld**kenergy@getalife.com”. While jab from Thunberg floored netizens, it also managed to affect fragile ego of Tate. In a response to Thunberg, Tate decided to post a video, which reportedly led to his detention. 

How a Pizza box led to Tate’s arrest?

After Thunberg decimated Tate with just a few words, former British-American kickboxer decided to make an elaborate video in response to Thunberg’s jab. In video, Tate insisted a person off-camera not “recycle” pizza boxes. According to New York Post, Pizza came from a popular local Pizza chain in Romania named Jerry’s. According to reports, pizza box helped Romanian police to locate Tate’s residence in country. Romanian Police arrested misogynist influencer and his bror Tristan over a Human trafficking case on Thursday. 

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authorities also raided Tate's luxurious villa and accused brors of sexually exploiting women under “loverboy” scheme. In Thursday statement, Directorate for Investigation of Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) wrote, “Victims were recruited by British citizens by misrepresenting ir intention to enter into a marriage/cohabitation relationship and existence of genuine feelings of love ( loverboy method)”. agency n went on to d, “y were later transported and housed in buildings in Ilfov county where, by exercising acts of physical violence and mental coercion (through intimidation, constant surveillance, control and invoking alleged debts), y were sexually exploited by group members.” group DIICOT is referring to includes two brors along with two or Romanian citizens. According to Verge, so far agency has identified 6 individuals who were allegedly exploited by Tate and his crew. However, matter is still under investigation. 

13:31 IST, January 1st 2023