Elon Musk was at loggerheads with the social media giant Twitter for months. The rift started after the South African billionaire chickened out of a business deal to buy the company. He complained about the lack of transparency on bot accounts and misinformation.
However, after months of legal battles, Musk finalized the $44 billion deal and bought the micro-blogging site. Since then, several celebrities have been quitting the platform. Let’s find out which one are they and why they are leaving Twitter.
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Celebs Quit Twitter After Elon Musk Takes Over
The Tesla CEO finalized the deal recently to buy Twitter for $44 billion. He then went on to make leadership changes in the company the very next day.
Several celebrities have started quitting the platform right after Musk took over. “I’m out of here,” ‘This Is Us’ executive producer Ken Olin wrote to his 300,000 followers on Friday.
Hey all –
I’m out of here. No judgement.
Let’s keep the faith.
Let’s protect our democracy.
Let’s try to be kinder.
Let’s try to save the planet.
Let’s try to be more generous.
Let’s look to find peace in the world.
💙— Ken Olin (@kenolin1) October 28, 2022
He had previously declared, “The day @elonmusk takes ownership of Twitter, I’m out. No judgement. Let’s keep the faith. Let’s protect our democracy. Let’s try to be kinder. Let’s try to save the planet. Let’s try to be more generous. Let’s look to find peace in the world.”
Brian Koppelman, the showrunner of ‘Billionaire‘, tweeted: “Y’all’s, for real, come find me over on instagram and the tok. Gonna really try to take a breather from here for a minute or a month come deal close time.”
The ‘Rounders’ writer had previously written, “I can see the logic in taking a long twitter hiatus when EM takes it over.”
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Several Other Celebs Have Also Started Leaving The Platform
‘Bill & Ted’ star Alex Winter echoed the sentiment of quitting the platform. He canceled his tweet history, and shared a meme that showed Twitter’s new chief as a Three Musketeer along with Donald Trump and Kanye West.
Director and activist Rob Reiner tweeted: “For those who are fighting to preserve our Constitutional Democracy, now is not the time to leave Twitter. Now is the time to VOTE BLUE!”
Several celebrities earlier pledged to quit the platform but have since taken a u-turn. Mia Farrow deleted her tweet on Musk and instead wrote: “You gave us Tesla and Space X Thank you! Hope you can keep Twitter worthy of your previous achievements and of lawful people everywhere.”
‘She-Hulk‘ actress Jameela Jamil quit Twitter on April 25 and declared, “I fear this free speech bid is going to help this hell platform reach its final form of totally lawless hate, bigotry, and misogyny. Best of luck.” She later deleted the tweet and returned in July.
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