Hollywood celebrity, singer leaves Twitter after Elon Musk buys social media platform

Some celebrities aren’t sticking around to see what Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk will do to change the social media platform.

While several singers and artists have said they’re staying off Twitter after the CEOs of Tesla and SpaceX completed their acquisitions of the social media platform last week, most of the celebrities calling it quits their jobs in Hollywood. increase.

Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey’s Anatomy murmured She wrote on Saturday, “I’m not hanging around with what Elon planned. Goodbye.”

Actress Téa Leoni, who recently starred in “Madame Secretary”, also said she’s stopped using Twitter.

Hello everyone. I’m leaving Twitter today. Let’s see where we are when the dust settles. Today, the dust has revealed too much hate and gone too wrong.Thank you for all your love, kindness and possibilities.
Zoctea

— Tea Leoni (@TeaLeoni) October 29, 2022

Singers Sara Bareilles and Toni Braxton have also announced their departure.Mr. Barriles Said“See you on other platforms, peeps. Sorry, this isn’t for me.

I’ve been shocked and appalled by some of the “free speech” I’ve seen on this platform since the acquisition. Hate speech under the veil of “free speech” is unacceptable. Therefore, I have chosen to stay away from Twitter as it is no longer a safe place for myself, my son, and his other POCs.

— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) October 29, 2022

“This is Us” producer Ken Olin teased his departure from Twitter days before it was officially announced. say it On Oct. 22, he wrote, “The day Elon Musk takes ownership of Twitter, I’m out. It doesn’t make much sense. But I just wanted to declare it.”

A day after Musk finalized the deal to buy Twitter, Olin tweeted that he was indeed leaving the platform last Friday.

Alex Winter, best known for playing Bill as Ted alongside Keanu Reeves in the movie Bill & Ted’s Big Adventure, went so far as to delete his account on Twitter.

“When Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into a private company with less scrutiny, the platform quickly became more prone to hate speech, targeted attacks and the spread of disinformation,” Winter said. . Said By email to NBC News. “Many of us will be back if Twitter goes back to being a public company run by rational actors.”

Other notable exits include “Billions” co-creator Brian Koppelman, a retired professional wrestler, actor Mick Foley and “The Amazing Spider-Man” artist Eric Larsen reported on NBC.