Twitter chief Elon Musk known as Swedish local weather activist Greta Thunberg “cool” following her current spat with controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his arrest by the Romanian police. Elon Musk tweeted, “The sheer amount of brand awareness achieved by Greta within a few years is astounding. I think she’s cool tbh.”

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Media character Andrew Tate, who has previously made misogynistic and far-right feedback, had earlier tagged Greta Thunberg in a tweet boasting about his assortment of “33 cars” and their “huge emissions”. Replying to him, Greta Thunberg called on him to enlighten her and provided a fake email address for the same.

Andrew Tate then released a video of himself dressed in a Versace robe, smoking a cigar and receiving two boxes of Jerry’s Pizza, a well-known Romanian chain. Andrew Tate questioned Greta Thunberg’s gender and insulted her with hateful remarks.

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“I’m clearly a stranger to on-line controversy, it is not one thing I typically do, however now the mainstream press is commenting on the truth that I used to be informing Greta that my very intensive automotive assortment with inner combustion engines that run on useless dinosaurs have an infinite emission profile, and she or he replied by telling me her personal e-mail tackle. Greta’s e-mail tackle I’ve small d**okay vitality. What would that be your personal e-mail tackle, Greta? Strange,” Andrew Tate stated.

He was detained by Romanian authorities on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group, Reuters reported.