{"id":45923,"date":"2025-01-28T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/chess-youtuber-agadmator-defends-promoting-andrew-tate-interview-after-backlash-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:07:01","slug":"chess-youtuber-agadmator-defends-promoting-andrew-tate-interview-after-backlash-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/chess-youtuber-agadmator-defends-promoting-andrew-tate-interview-after-backlash-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess YouTuber agadmator defends promoting Andrew Tate interview after backlash &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chess YouTuber agadmator defends promoting Andrew Tate interview after backlash Twitter\/TuckerCarlson\/Instagram\/agadmatorPopular chess content creator \u2018agadmator\u2019 is facing backlash for retweeting an interview Andrew Tate had with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The chess community was left conflicted after adored YouTuber agadmator promoted a recent Andrew Tate interview, but his response could clear up any confusion. Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has become a very polarizing figure on the internet. In December 2022, he was arrested on charges of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized crime group. That hasn\u2019t stopped Tate from appearing on big platforms, including a massive Twitter interview with Tucker Carlson \u2013 something that chess star agadmator felt his followers needed to watch. Chess creator under fire for sharing Tucker Carlson\u2019s Andrew Tate interview On July 11, Carlson uploaded a mammoth 2-hour interview with Andrew Tate to Twitter, prompting agadmator to retweet it to his 150,000 followers. When Chess Problem posted a screenshot of the \u201cuncritical interview\u201d retweet, agadmator stepped in and addressed the issue directly. \u201cGreat interview, recommend,\u201d he said without elaborating further. Although the YouTuber didn\u2019t say whether he endorsed Tate or Carlson, this response didn\u2019t sit well with some folks on Reddit. Many users took issue with the YouTuber giving Tate a platform. \u201cWow. That\u2019s very disappointing,\u201d wrote one. However, not everyone opposed agadmator\u2019s retweet with some arguing that having differing opinions on controversial subjects is perfectly normal. its his opinion and he retweeted what he felt like retweeting , I don&#8217;t see any shame in that \u2014 Anmol Upadhyay (@anmol7ms) July 17, 2023 \u201cIt\u2019s his opinion and he retweeted what he felt like retweeting. I don\u2019t see any shame in that,\u201d someone else chimed in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chess YouTuber agadmator defends promoting Andrew Tate interview after backlash Twitter\/TuckerCarlson\/Instagram\/agadmatorPopular chess content creator \u2018agadmator\u2019 is facing backlash for retweeting an interview Andrew Tate had with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The chess community was left conflicted after adored YouTuber agadmator promoted a recent Andrew Tate interview, but his response could clear up any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}