Bonnie Blue, the adult entertainer whose real name is Tia Billinger, has defended Andrew Tate after meeting him, saying he was "nothing but respectful" despite his controversial image. The 26-year-old former content creator described her encounter with the 39-year-old internet figure as "nothing but positive".
Tate, a former professional kickboxer with a record of 76 wins and nine defeats, is due to return to the ring on Saturday night. He will face Chase DeMoor for the Misfits Boxing heavyweight title in Dubai, in a bout billed as "The Fight Before Christmas". The main event is expected to start around 10pm GMT.
Bonnie and Tate met in June while appearing on Rob Moore's Disruptor's podcast. During the conversation, Tate suggested women would sleep with enemy soldiers if World War Three broke out, while Bonnie caused shock by declaring: "I would have f****d Hitler to survive." She also argued that her own extreme sexual exploits, including sleeping with 1,057 men in 24 hours, were a "clear example of how to be empowered".
Reflecting on the meeting, Bonnie told the Daily Star: "He turned up early for the podcast, he shook my hand offered me a drink. He said: 'Let me know if there's anything I ask which you don't want or don't feel comfortable with,' and to me he was nothing but respectful." She added that Tate receives a lot of bad press, "but so do I".
It comes after prosecutors in the UK confirmed 21 charges against Tate and his brother Tristan, including actual bodily harm, controlling prostitution for gain, human trafficking and rape. Bonnie, who was recently kicked out of Indonesia over racy content filmed in Bali, said she told her father about the interview and compared Tate's situation to her own. "The one thing I've learned about what you read online, it doesn't mean they're like that in person," she said.
