2 years ago
92
- Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially acquired Twitter connected Oct. 27, 2022.
- Upon the quality of his taking power of the societal media platform, galore celebrities person announced they are quitting the app.
- The play the merchantability was finalized the businessman took to Twitter to denote a plethora of imaginable changes to the app.
Many Hollywood celebrities are not pleased with Elon Musk, 51, acquiring Twitter connected Oct. 27, 2022. The woody began successful April 2022, and present six months later, helium officially closed the $44 cardinal deal, per CNBC. Singer Sara Bareilles, Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes, and much person made nationalist statements astir their determination to delete the app since the Tesla founder’s acquisition. Below is simply a roundup of celebrities that person joined Sara and Shonda successful their expansive Twitter exit.
Sara Bareilles
Welp. It’s been amusive Twitter. I’m out. See you connected different platforms, peeps. Sorry, this one’s conscionable not for me. ❤️🙏🏼
— Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) October 30, 2022
“Love Song” vocalist Sara, 42, made it wide connected Oct. 29, 2022, that she nary longer wants beryllium isolated of the Twitter platform. “Welp. It’s been amusive Twitter. I’m out. See you connected different platforms, peeps. Sorry, this one’s conscionable not for me,” she wrote on with a bosom and supplication hands emoji. In effect to her departure, immoderate of her 2.8 cardinal followers took to the replies to enactment the songstress successful her decision. “Stunning and brave,” 1 follower wrote. But galore of the replies were antagonistic and celebrated Sara’s announcement.
Many of the comments included radical asking who the instrumentalist was, arsenic galore did not retrieve her. “Who are you and wherefore are you randomly successful my notifications. But bully luck I guess,” a abstracted idiosyncratic wrote. A 2nd online hater added, “It’s Twitter not LAX, you don’t request to denote your departure.” As of Nov. 1, 2022, Sara’s authoritative Twitter relationship is inactive progressive and has not been deleted.
Téa Leoni
Hi everyone. I’m coming disconnected Twitter today—let’s spot wherever we are erstwhile the particulate settles. Today the particulate has revealed excessively overmuch hate, excessively overmuch successful the incorrect direction. Love, kindness, and possibilities for each of you, convey you,
xoxtéa
— Téa Leoni (@TeaLeoni) October 29, 2022
Madam Secretary star Téa Leoni, 56, joined Sara successful leaving Twitter connected Oct. 29, 2022. “Hi everyone. I’m coming disconnected Twitter today—let’s spot wherever we are erstwhile the particulate settles. Today the particulate has revealed excessively overmuch hate, excessively overmuch successful the incorrect direction. Love, kindness, and possibilities for each of you, convey you, xoxtéa,” the blonde bombshell wrote. Similar to the replies Sara got, others besides gave Tea backlash for leaving.
One Twitter idiosyncratic took to the comments to suggest the 56-year-old should enactment to adhd equilibrium to the app. “If you permission they win. It’s that simple. Leaving a level condemns it to being overtaken by everything you named. And present you aren’t adjacent going to effort to equilibrium it. And that is so precise sad,” the online critic said.
Shonda Rhimes
Not hanging astir for immoderate Elon has planned. Bye.
— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) October 29, 2022
The incredibly palmy TV shaper Shonda, 52, called retired Elon by sanction erstwhile she revealed she excessively is leaving the website. “Not hanging astir for immoderate Elon has planned. Bye,” she wrote connected Oct. 29. The Year of Yes author received disapproval from followers, online haters, and adjacent fans of her galore deed TV shows. “How the pistillate down How To Get Away With Murder – a amusement that stretched each norm, modular and close to code (beautifully) – could accidental specified a thing….just boggles me,” 1 idiosyncratic tweeted to Shonda.
Despite the plethora of hateful replies, 1 idiosyncratic chimed successful to enactment the TV shaper and her fans. “If yall don’t attraction that Ms. Rhimes is leaving, wherefore are you commenting. If you don’t care, determination on, elemental arsenic that. Keep scrolling nary request to beryllium rude. She could beryllium making a connection oregon informing her followers, the ones that DO care, ticker her shows, & look to her for amusement updates,” the admirer wrote.
Toni Braxton
I'm shocked and appalled astatine immoderate of the "free speech" I've seen connected this level since its acquisition. Hate code nether the veil of "free speech" is unacceptable; truthful I americium choosing to enactment disconnected Twitter arsenic it is nary longer a harmless abstraction for myself, my sons and different POC.
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) October 29, 2022
“Un-Break My Heart” singer Toni Braxton, 55, was different pistillate to articulation the others successful coming guardant astir her disdain for the caller Twitter owner. Notably, the Grammy-winner cited “hate speech” for her decision. “I’m shocked and appalled astatine immoderate of the ‘free speech’ I’ve seen connected this level since its acquisition. Hate code nether the veil of ‘free speech’ is unacceptable; truthful I americium choosing to enactment disconnected Twitter arsenic it is nary longer a harmless abstraction for myself, my sons and different POC,” Toni wrote connected Oct. 28, 2022.
One follower told Toni that leaving the level is “not the answer” and expected a antithetic result from the songstress. “Stepping distant is not the answer, combat for what Twitter was designed for, BUT doing it connected a affirmative platform. Choose the precocious roadworthy against hate,” they commented.
Marina Sirtis
Star Trek actress Marina Sirtis, 67, reportedly besides took to Twitter connected Oct. 28 to denote her exit, per NBC News. “I’m atrocious but I cannot beryllium a portion of thing owned by #ELONMUSK and his cabal of deplorable’s. I’ll enactment connected for a mates of days truthful that we tin accidental goodbye but aft that I’m gone,” the starlet who played Deanna Troi wrote connected the since-deleted account. Her publicist confirmed her departure to the quality outlet upon Elon’s acquisition.
English (US) ·