PokerStars terminates contract with True Geordie after \u201cislamophobic\u201d remarks in Andrew Tate beef YouTube: True Geordie\/PokerStarsOnline poker platform PokerStars has terminated its contract with UK YouTuber Brian Davis, better known as True Geordie, after the podcaster was accused of Islamophobia following comments made about divisive viral star Andrew Tate. It became public knowledge that Tate had converted to Islam in October 2022, amid ongoing beef with the likes of KSI, Logan Paul, and, of course, True Geordie. Just weeks later, True Geordie took shots at Tate, and used his faith against him in what the Brit called an \u201cidiotic joke.\u201d The joke itself suggested that Tate should \u201cdo the right thing,\u201d implying from an earlier comment that he should \u201cblow himself up.\u201d Several days later, the clip itself started going viral, with Tate also responding to Geordie\u2019s comments, accusing him of making racist remarks and that \u201cyou\u2019re going to learn very quickly that was a mistake.\u201d In the following days, after the situation went viral, Geordie posted an apology video that drew some derision from viewers as he asked for subscribers and likes at the end, with some also accusing him of \u201cacting like the victim\u201d in the scenario. He was promptly dropped by fitness apparel brand Gymshark, and now PokerStars have followed suit, releasing their own statement and confirming that they will no longer be working with him. \u201cWe have terminated our contract with True Geordie with immediate effect,\u201d it said. \u201cAt PokerStars, we are committed to making poker as inclusive and accessible as possible, and do not tolerate any comments or attitudes that don\u2019t align with our inclusive values.\u201d Since posting his apology video to YouTube, Geordie has not yet made any public statement in regard to either the situation itself or the brands that are ending their partnerships with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PokerStars terminates contract with True Geordie after \u201cislamophobic\u201d remarks in Andrew Tate beef YouTube: True Geordie\/PokerStarsOnline poker platform PokerStars has terminated its contract with UK YouTuber Brian Davis, better known as True Geordie, after the podcaster was accused of Islamophobia following comments made about divisive viral star Andrew Tate. It became public knowledge that Tate […]<\/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-57727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57727","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=57727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}