thousands of dollars. he's also being held in romania as part of an investigation into rape and people trafficking. tate denies all the allegations. do you ever wonder why some people who you've never heard of before, all of a sudden, appear everywhere? and that clip we just heard? well, that was the journalist matt shea, who gained access to tate�*s compound in romania. to get inside, i had agreed to endure a professional cage fight in romania... i know he's going to lose, but wow, he's actually in there! ..along with a hundred tate superfans. matt shea, welcome to the media show. thank you. you've made this film for vice, it's called the dangerous rise of andrew tate. i wonder when you first decided to try and make contact with him? well, i was actually first brought onto this story by a brilliant journalist and producer called jamie thomson who's been following andrew tate for years before he became famous. so by the time we were filming in his compound in romania,