Greta Thunberg mocks Andrew Tate after he was arrested in Romania, possibly due to a tip-off from their Twitter fight

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Greta Thunberg mocked Andrew Tate after he was detained by police in Romania, zooming in on a theory that a pizza box contributed to his arrest.

It came after Tate, an influencer known for misogynistic posts, picked a fight with Thunberg, boasting about his carbon emissions and prompting a putdown from the 19-year-old activist.

The feud escalated after Thunberg told Tate to direct his concerns to “smalldickenergy@getalife.com,” provoking an angry video from Tate in return.

Tate was given pizzas during the video, and told a person off-screen to make sure they didn’t get recycled, another dig at Thunberg’s climate activism.

Not long after, on Thursday, Tate was arrested by Romanian authorities in Bucharest as part of a human-trafficking investigation.

Officials accuse Tate, his brother, and two others of forcing women to make porn to be sold online, according to Reuters.

Romanian investigators said in a press release that the investigation concerned six women, at least one of whom was raped. Tate, Reuters reported, would be detained for 24 hours. 

It isn’t clear that the pizza boxes played a part in Tate’s arrest, but the theory has gained traction online and there is some evidence to support it.

The Romanian news site Gandul reported that authorities watched Tate’s social-media posts for proof he was in Romania, and his video did contain that kind of evidence.

Tate’s video showed boxes from Jerry’s Pizza, a Romanian chain with branches in Bucharest, that had Romanian text on them. Tate also posted a video of scenery on December 25 captioned “Romania.”

Civil-rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo said on Twitter that the pizza post may have given authorities the certainty they needed to act. It contained evidence of both a location and also a time, since it responded to a new argument with Thunberg, she said.

The pizza-box-arrest theory got a lot of traction online, and made it into Thunberg’s mocking tweet on Friday, which avoided mentioning him by name.

“This is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes,” she said.

Insider contacted DIICOT seeking more information but did not immediately receive a response.