Glamourous former NRL presenter Tiffany Salmond has fired a warning to men of all ages who are listening to influencers like Andrew Tate: you are killing your chances of getting a second date.
Salmond is a New Zealand sports presenter and reporter who worked with Sky Sport and later created the Fox League sideline role for Warriors games.
In 2025, she claimed she had not left those roles by choice but was quietly shut out of NRL coverage without warning or explanation.
She has since spoken openly about how her style and popularity may have clashed with the networks, leading to her abrupt exit.
Salmond has posted to social media from several locations around Australia and New Zealand as she continues to attempt to resurrect her media career.
It appears she has been dating during that time and has not liked what she’s been seeing, prompting her fiery warning to men on social media.
Glamorous former NRL presenter Tiffany Salmond has delivered a blunt warning to men about toxic dating advice
Salmond (pictured) built her career with Sky Sport and Fox League before her sudden removal from NRL coverage
‘Okay I was just about to leave the house and go on my usual morning walk, but there’s something that’s been on my mind lately and I thought screw it, I’m just going to say it,’ she said.
‘I was about to say I don’t know what’s happened with the attitude men bring into dating these days, but it’s pretty clear it’s the whole Andrew Tate phenomenon, the manosphere, the red pill dating advice, the male dating gurus that think they can tell men today how to get women.’
‘And I just want to come on here and say, because I have quite a big male audience, that that advice is literally killing your dating life.’
The ‘Andrew Tate phenomenon’ and the ‘manosphere’ promote hyper-masculine views on dating.
Their so-called ‘red pill’ advice from male dating gurus often pushes manipulation, power games, and disrespect toward women.
Salmond issued a direct warning to all men that any of them bringing that behaviour into their dating life was poisoning their chances of any connection with a woman.
‘This is a PSA to all the men that follow me that playing your weird little power games, being mean, being rude, negging [deliberate put-downs] – it’s the biggest turn-off. You neg me, you’re never going to hear from me.’
Salmond stressed that mocking, teasing or bullying behaviour is not attractive.
The former NRL reporter stressed that mocking, teasing and bullying behaviour is never attractive to women, especially early on in dating
‘Especially not in the early stages when you haven’t got that rapport with someone, trying to test their boundaries.’
She described how men often disguise this behaviour, making it appear playful or flirty when it is actually undermining.
‘This sounds insane, but I [have] come across this one all the time, and it’s when men will try and … they think they’re being flirty and funny. But actually I don’t,’ Salmond said.
‘I think it’s veiled as flirty and funny, but it’s actually just trying to test your [confidence] and your boundaries.’
She gave specific examples of the kinds of comments that put her off, pointing to lines that men use as supposed banter.
”Convince me that you’re worth dinner,’ or ‘you’ll have to earn that from me,’ or ‘oh you want the princess treatment already’ – that is so unattractive.’
Salmond said the influence of online personalities had damaged dating culture.
‘It’s sad because I think this red pill content and you know, the whole Andrew Tate thing, that happened a couple of years ago, has really, truly messed up dating. For not only the younger generation, but I think a lot of older men too, that buy into it.’
She explained clearly why the advice is so harmful, breaking down how it damages confidence and poisons real connections.
Salmond says influencers like Andrew Tate and the ‘manosphere’ are poisoning men’s dating lives
‘It’s so warped, like it’s so incredibly warped because if you think the only way to get my attention, or the woman that you like, is to neg her, knock her down, play hard to get, rock her senses of security and safety and self-worth, and you think that her being unsure and uncertain and anxious with you is going to pull her in.
Any woman that has any sense of self worth and has worked on herself will not be attracted to that.’
‘That is the biggest turn-off for me.’
She continued by criticising the motivations behind male dating gurus.
‘Such ugly, cringy behaviour and these men lied to you, because if you genuinely took good advice and went out there and got a girlfriend, well you’re no longer subscribing to their content, you’re no longer watching their content or following them because you won.
‘They actually wanted to keep you single, they still want to keep you single. That’s why they give you this terrible advice.’
