By Kinta Walsh-cotton For Daily Mail Australia
05:12 21 Feb 2023, updated 05:19 21 Feb 2023
A photo has surfaced of a MAFS bride posing with woman-hating ‘influencer’ Andrew Tate – who is now facing sex trafficking charges in Romania.
Evelyn Ellis, who debuted as an intruder on Monday’s episode, was pictured with Tate when they were on holiday together in Thailand in 2016.
They had previously been housemates on Big Brother UK earlier that year.
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The photo was posted on Tate’s Instagram account years before he was banned from the Meta-owned social media platform for hate speech.
The image showed Ellis, 26, sitting next to the British-American kickboxer at a restaurant or bar on the island Koh Samui.
A photo has surfaced of MAFS bride Evelyn Ellis (pictured) posing with woman-hating ‘influencer’ Andrew Tate – who is now facing sex trafficking charges in RomaniaPictured: Tate at his Romanian compound shortly before his arrest in December
When Sydney-born Ellis went into the Big Brother house in 2016, she was working in London as a nightclub hostess.
She engaged in some late-night hot tub escapades with Tate.
Laura Carter, another contestant on the show, locked lips with both Tate and Ellis during a game of truth and dare while other housemates watched on.
Evelyn Ellis, who debuted as an intruder on Monday’s episode, was pictured with Tate when they were on holiday together in Thailand in 2016
Channel 5 later removed Tate from the house for undisclosed reasons.
However, Tate accused the network of giving him the boot over a an ‘edited’ video of him beating a woman with a ‘felt’ belt.
‘The video The Sun will release is me hitting a girl with a belt. They edited out all of the laughing and joking and it’s felt!’ he wrote on Twitter at the time.
‘They are pretending I beat her up when we were joking and the belt made noise but didn’t hurt! They cut all laughing.
Sydney-born Ellis went into the Big Brother UK house in 2016 and participated in some late-night hot tub escapades involving Tate. (She is pictured kissing fellow housemate Laura Carter)Laura Carter (right) locked lips with both Tate and Ellis during a saucy game of truth and dare
‘I am not a violent man. Kinky yes, violent no. Such a stupid story! I didn’t even hit Marco or Jackson or Chelsea [other BB UK contestants] when they threatened me.’
Tate, a self-proclaimed misogynist, went on to say he had ‘never hurt a girl’ in his life and the media was ‘trying to make me look bad’.
In an unrelated matter, Tate was arrested in Romania on December 29 alongside his brother Tristan, 34, and two women as authorities investigate numerous allegations of sex trafficking and rape. They remain in custody and deny the charges.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Nine and Ellis for comment.
Tate (pictured in a promo photo for Big Brother UK) was arrested in Romania on December 29 alongside his brother Tristan, 34, and two women as authorities investigate numerous claims of sex trafficking and rape. They remain in custody and deny the charges
