Whoopi Goldberg quit Twitter and deactivated her account after billionaire Elon Musk appeared on the platform.
Whoopi Goldberg has announced that she has become the latest Hollywood lefty to quit Twitter due to Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform.
Goldberg made the revelation on Monday’s episode of his ABC talk show “The View.” @WhoopiGoldberg says on #TheView that “as of tonight,” she’s performing with Twitter. “I’m going out, and if it calms down and I feel more comfortable, maybe I will.”
“Elon Musk has been on Twitter for over a week now and this space is huge,” Goldberg said on his show.
I’m closing today because I think it’s too messy, and I’m tired. I have some kind of approach block now coming back. So I’m going out, and maybe I’ll come back if it stabilizes enough and I feel more comfortable. But till tonight, I have played with Twitter, he added.
Goldberg continued to complain about things Musk has done since taking over Twitter, including charging users $8 for blue checkmarks and suspending liberal comedian Kathy Griffin after she took down her account is included. plan is included.
Goldberg concluded, “People keep saying it’s free speech, but not all speech is free speech.
Some speech is not okay free speech. So everyone has to agree on that, but if people keep saying ‘you hurt my free speech’ then it becomes an issue. What? This is our shortcoming. But at the moment it is not my problem as I am out.
Goldberg has since put his money where his mouth is and deactivated his account.
Goldberg isn’t the only celebrity who has said she is leaving Twitter in protest of the Musk acquisition.
Another celebrity to do this is Shonda Rhimes, creator of shows like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal.” Elon isn’t around for whatever he has planned. According to The New York Post, the goodbye she actually tweeted a few days before she deleted her account.
Téa Leoni, Shonda Rhimes, Alex Winter and Sara Bareilles are among the celebrities who left Twitter following the Elon Musk acquisition.
Supermodel Gigi Hadid announced on Instagram on Sunday that she is deleting Twitter. I deactivated my Twitter account at that point, she said according to US Weekly.
Over a long period of time, but especially with its new leadership, it is becoming a cauldron of hatred and bigotry, and I don’t want to be a part of that.
Apologies for being the only fan I’ve connected via Twitter for over a decade, but I can’t say it’s a safe space for anyone, nor a social platform that does more good than harm.
Maybe, he continued. Gigi Hadid announces she’s leaving Twitter after Elon Musk’s acquisition: Especially with its new leadership, it’s turning into a cesspool of hate and bigotry, and it’s not a place I want to be a part of .
Madam Secretary star Téa Leoni is another star who has deleted her Twitter account, saying she’s doing so because Musk’s stage version had too much hate, too much in the wrong direction for her liking.
Toni Braxton Claims She’s Leaving Twitter – Doesn’t Delete Account Singer Toni Braxton claims she’s leaving Twitter because of Musk, though at the time of this writing, she hasn’t deleted her account yet.
“I have seen some ‘free speech’ on this platform since its acquisition and I am appalled,” he wrote.
Hate speech is unacceptable under the guise of ‘freedom of expression’; So I am choosing to stay away from Twitter as it is no longer a safe space for me, my sons and other POC. I’ve seen some free speech on this forum since I found it and I’m amazed.
Hate speech under the guise of “freedom of expression” is unacceptable.
So I am choosing to stay away from Twitter as it is no longer a safe space for me, my sons and other POC. Liberals cannot stand the fact that they will no longer use Twitter as a weapon to silence conservatives and other independent thinkers.
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