Noel Miller's Breitbart Stand-up Set Resurfaces After Not Condoning Andrew Tate With Cody Ko
Two of YouTube's most influential personalities, Noel Miller and Cody Ko, talked about Andrew Tate on their TMG Studios podcast this week. Since then, their opinions on Tate are being used against them by some and have surfaced a controversial stand-up comedy set Miller performed at a Breitbart event in 2016.
Last Wednesday, Miller and Ko hosted their usual podcast and discussed YouTuber Andrew Tate, whose doctrines about manhood and anti-feminist rhetoric have stirred up debate due to his influence on children with internet access. Overall, many view Tate as a potentially detrimental or cringy figure in current, online discourse. On the contrary, Miller expressed that these anti-Tate beliefs were unnecessary.
One segment, in particular, of their discussion was isolated from the rest, where Miller continually said, "Who cares" and "Fuck off with that" regarding the anti-Tate proponents online. Ko tried to counter Miller by saying, "He's not in Romania talking to himself. He's talking to millions and millions of kids who are all eating up everything that he says." Miller wasn't having it though, stating that Tate's influence on children is overexaggerated and that he's not totally anti-Tate.
At first, their discussion didn't cause much uproar, however, after the clip of Miller saying "Who cares" landed on TikTok, the backlash got louder. Many TikTokers referenced Miller's ideas and Ko's passiveness going into the days that followed. Many of these TikTokers were a part of their female audience base.
As the discussion gained engagement, one TikToker surfaced an old stand-up set that Miller performed in 2016 at UCLA for a Breitbart event that he was hired for. Within his list of jokes, Miller said that the wage gap was "bullshit" and that "a pair of titties is the best thing you can have in the workplace." There were also comments from him many criticized as transphobic, pro-Trump and anti-immigration.
TikTokers and other internet users levied their backlash, all of which prompted Miller to post a comment beneath his YouTube video that responded to the heat. He stated, "Hey everyone… I don’t think Tate is a good person or a positive influence. Our conversation was a lot longer and parts were edited down so I think my explanations are coming across like justifications," among other rebuttals stated in the pinned comment.
Other YouTubers and streamers like HasanAbi entered the conversation, relaying their opinions on Miller's opinions. Overall, Miller and Ko are fighting a bit of a PR battle at the moment and are having a tough time overcoming it.