Netflix’s Andrew Schulz Valiantly Defends Alleged Sex Traffickers

On Tuesday, Netflix released Andrew Schulz’s new special, Life. I haven’t watched it yet, but I gather from clips he’s posted that it features some of the classic unvarnished homophobia and transphobia he’s become so brazen about in recent years:

In his first Patreon-exclusive episode since the special, released this morning, Schulz rose to the defense of alleged sex criminals Andrew and Tristan Tate. As you may recall, the Tate brothers, who were previously under house arrest in Romania—where they moved from the UK in order to escape the latter’s restrictive laws about rape—recently relocated to Florida courtesy of the Trump administration. A brief rundown per the BBC: 

Florida has launched a criminal investigation into British-American influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who flew to the state last week from Romania, where they faced rape and human-trafficking charges.

Florida's attorney general, James Uthmeier, said investigators have issued search warrants and subpoenas as part of a "now-active" inquiry.

In the US, the brothers also face a civil suit from a woman alleging they coerced her into sex work, and then defamed her after she gave evidence to Romanian authorities. They strongly deny all the allegations against them.

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A former kickboxer and self-described misogynist who appeared on UK TV show Big Brother, Andrew Tate has millions of followers online.

Andrew, 38, and his brother Tristan, 36, face separate charges in the UK of rape and human trafficking. They deny those allegations too.

Uthmeier, a Republican, said in Tuesday's statement: "Last week, I directed my office to work with our law enforcement partners to conduct a preliminary inquiry into Andrew and Tristan Tate.

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The Tates were first arrested in Romania in December 2022, with Andrew accused of rape and human trafficking and Tristan suspected of human trafficking. They moved to Romania from the UK several years ago.

They both denied the charges and spent several months under house arrest. A year later, in August 2024, they faced new allegations including sex with a minor and trafficking underage persons, all of which they deny.

In his commentary on the brothers’ relocation, Schulz magnanimously opined that while they are welcome in Florida, they should apologize—for what they’ve said about America:

Schulz: So here's the thing about it, is—they are welcome in Florida. You know what I mean? It is their home. They are Americans. If you have the citizenship, you are welcome, and that's the case. But you do want some acknowledgement that they were wrong. You know what I mean? 

There's a little part of you that's like, you talked so much shit about America. You talked the Matrix, this and that, and all of a sudden you get to come home. And in that country that you were living in where—let's say it is corrupt—they were never convicted of anything. 

Akaash Singh: You wish you took the blue pill. You wish you took the blue pill. You're eating a steak like Joey Pants and you regret every decision you ever made. 

Schulz: Well, now you came back and took the blue pill. Coming back is the blue pill.

Singh: Yeah. True. You're blue pill. 

Schulz: Right? They did everything. They converted to Islam, they did everything. But at the end of the day, they got to home.

Mark Gagnon: Do you remember what they said about America?

Schulz: The West is failing, literally the West is failing. And you cannot do—women are this and that—I'm like, all right. Yeah. But, no no no, it's just the shitting on America that I just do not tolerate if you're gonna come back. And you're welcome to come back. And you can shit all over America, but this is a great reminder to all these Americans that think it's better out there.

From here, in classic Flagrant fashion, the crew started talking about how gay Florida is:

Gagnon: Are they going to go to Miami? Is that the plan?

Singh: [Unintelligible] they're gonna go to fucking Orlando? Can you stop pushing for Orlando?

Gagnon: It's a nice place, Orlando. It's got a good airport, it's got some good people.

Singh: Yeah, Children to traffic.

Gagnon: It is quite gay. I will say Orlando is very gay. 

Schulz: It's becoming more gay?

Gagnon: Yeah.

Singh: It was Disney. Disney's gay as shit.

Schulz: Wait, you were just back?

Gagnon: Yeah, and I just realized it more. I think it's always been pretty gay, but it's just a lot of non-binary vibes. I don't know what it is. 

Schulz: Isn't that trickle-down from Disney? Doesn't Disney dictate the culture? 

Gagnon: A little bit, but yeah. I mean there are a lot of Disney adults that just have this autistic fixation on Disney, but it turns into gayness somehow. I don't know exactly the pipeline, but you'll just see a lot of 'em. 

Alexx Media: Think about being an adult and wanting to work at Disney. Probably [unintelligible]—

Schulz: You gotta be a little bit.

Singh: Yeah, it was a lot of gay people when I went to Disney World. I was shocked how many gay employees there were. It was very progressive in that way. 

Gagnon: Yeah, but it's not just gayness, it's like you just are androgynous. 

Singh: Yeah, but that's the new gay. 

Gagnon: Yeah, I guess.

Singh: Gay is normal, trans is the new gay. 

Gagnon: That's a good point. 

Schulz: So do you think that there were certain people that were pretending to be gay in the same way they were pretending to be trans? 

Singh: I hope so. 

Schulz: We can talk about—I mean the trend. Sometimes people are trend-driven. And lemme give the best example I can think of right now. There are these chicks that, they're not lesbians, but it's fun when they make out at the party. They're not even sexually attracted to one another. But it's kind of cool to be the edgy girls making out. I don't even know why… I just wanted to think about girls making out. 

Schulz’s promotional tour for his new special has included lengthy interviews in the Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Megyn Kelly Show. In that latter appearance, released yesterday, he told Kelly that he received a “fake” Covid vaccine so he could be in a movie:

Kelly: I got myself the vaccine, but I did not get it myself for my kids.

Schulz: Did you get a booster?

Kelly: Yes, I got one booster.

Schulz: Oh. I didn’t, I got a fake booster so I could do a movie.

Kelly: I wish I had got a fake.

Schulz: I got you. There’s some Hasidic Jewish guy in Brooklyn that I went to. 

Kelly: Oh, come on. Why didn’t I know any of this?

Schulz: And then I gave it to the movie company to prove them that I was vaccinated and they hit me back they're like, "Yeah, this is bullshit." And I was like, all right. I got to talk to that fucking guy again.

Kelly: What? What? It was? I'm shocked. What did he shoot me up with?

Schulz: Yeah, it's a crazy time.

Kelly: So you got the first two shots, but nothing more?

Schulz: Yeah. I know this sounds crazy, but I was excited to get the first two because I was like, I just want to get out. I want to party.

Kelly: Same.

Schulz: I didn't know what the fuck it was. We went down—

Kelly: So you were in New York?

Schulz: We went down to Miami. So we were in New York and everything was shut down in New York in the beginning. It was kind of exciting. It was just me and my wife were making fucking meals together every single night. It felt like camping. I've never gone camping, but that's kind of what I imagined it was. I was lucky, I'm doing podcasts, I'm doing what I do outside of standup.

Kelly: Yeah.

Schulz: It's like my life wasn't that different outside of not being able to eat out, I guess. Come winter it got brutal. So we went down to Miami for four months and it was amazing. My whole team, we all went down there. I think day two, the entire team got Covid.

Kelly: Yeah. Of course.

Schulz: The entire team. My poor guy who was in our pool house for two weeks with Covid. He got Long Covid. It was... Yeah, I mean, it was great. I just see him in the windows, waving at him. Incredible. Dov, who's here right now. But, yeah. Yeah. So there was this part of me that was like, I just want to be able to do things, so shoot me up. I don't care.

Life is currently Netflix’s third-most popular offering in the US.