Conor McGregor recently took to X/Twitter to promote his Forged Irish Stout beverages, drawing the attention of Andrew Tate's younger brother, Tristan Tate. As always, the Irishman describes his beverages in hyperbolic terms, before inviting consumers to his pub, the Black Forge Inn.
Tristan replied to the tweet with praise, marking one of the few instances that he has tweeted something positive to another public figure. Unfortunately, he is unlikely to draw the Irishman's attention, as McGregor cannot afford to associate with the Tate brothers at this point in his career.
"Fair play it is bloody good."
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McGregor is currently embroiled in tremendous controversy following the Irish High Court's decision to find him liable for assaulting Nikita Hand back in Dec. 2018. While McGregor intended to appeal the verdict of the civil case, he has suffered a series of severe financial consequences.
Large retailers and wholesalers like Musgrave Group, Tesco Ireland, Centra, SuperValu, Mace, Spar and Londis pulled all of McGregor's alcoholic beverages from their shelves. This was followed by pubs like Wetherspoons no longer selling the former UFC double champion's Forged Irish Stout.
The fallout from these consequences saw Proximo Spirits, the parent company of Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey, sever all ties with McGregor, no longer using his likeness in the whiskey brand's promotional material. Other business-related drawbacks took place as well.
IO Interactive, the developer of the 'Hitman: World of Assassination' video game, removed all McGregor-related content from it. Since the Tate brothers are currently battling criminal charges for sexual assault and human trafficking, McGregor would likely only draw further negative attention by associating with them.
Andrew Tate criticized the conclusion of Conor McGregor's recent civil case
After Conor McGregor was found liable for assault in the Nikita Hand civil court case and ordered to pay her over €248,000 in damages and also cover her legal fees, which amounted to €1,500,000, Andrew Tate expressed his outrage over the case on X/Twitter.
"Bullsh*t ruling against Conor McGregor. Women sleep with rich men and if that man doesn't fund their life afterwards they lie and sue. Their brutal narcissism can't take the L of being undesired. We've set a dangerous precedent. It's literally impossible to be a man in the western world."
Tate's take has been echoed by others in the combat sports world, with former bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley expressing a measure of skepticism, despite McGregor's long history of brushes with the law.