Twitter Faces Exodus Of Hollywood Actors After Elon Musk¡¯s Takeover; Some Sceptical Of Surviving
Elon Musk¡¯s Twitter takeover has become an ever-trending conversation. The Tesla Motors CEO recently acquired Twitter in a $44 billion deal and took the seat of the company¡¯s CEO. As soon as this news spread like wildfire, several Hollywood celebrities went ahead to log out of Twitter and some are speculating their stance.
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1. Sara Bareilles
The singer-actor opened up on leaving Twitter and shared, ¡°Welp. It¡¯s been fun, Twitter. I¡¯m out,¡± the Grammy award-winning artist wrote on Sunday, adding, ¡°See you on other platforms, peeps. Sorry, this one¡¯s just not for me¡±.
2. Josh Gad
The Beauty and the beast actor addressed his confusion about either leaving or holding on to the platform citing his fear of hate speech getting worse there. He tweeted, ¡°Large exodus happening on this platform. Not sure if I stay or not. Leaning toward staying, but if today is a sign of things to come, not sure what the point is. Freedom of speech is great. Hate speech intended to incite harm, (with no consequences) ain¡¯t what I signed up for¡±.
3. George Takei
Star Trek actor George Takei has decided to stay on Twitter, to build voices and fight back. He tweeted, ¡°I¡¯m not going anywhere. And my follower count actually rose! We need each other¡¯s voices and strength, and I¡¯ve never shied from a fight. When Twitler and the other deplorable are let back on here, I¡¯ll be more than a thorn in their side¡±.
4. Ron Perlman
The Quest Of Fire actor also quit Twitter and announced his decision writing, ¡°Welcome Elon, you little b-tch you. And twitter out¡..¡±
5. T¨¦a Leoni
The American actress who got her breakthrough role in the 1995 action comedy film Bad Boys actor, shared to her 124,000 followers and wrote, ¡°Hi everyone. I¡¯m coming off Twitter today¡ªlet¡¯s see where we are when the dust settles. Today the dust has revealed too much hate, too much in the wrong direction¡±. She added, ¡°Love, kindness, and possibilities for all of you¡±.
6. Jameela Jamil
Earlier in April, Jamil had expressed leaving Twitter saying, ¡°One good thing about Elon buying twitter is that I will *FINALLY* leave and stop being a complete menace to society on here. So it¡¯s win win for you all really.¡± Her last tweet was on October 27, before Musk officially bought the company.
Other popular celebrities who are out from this micro-blogging site are Shonda Rhimes, Ken Olin, Brian Koppelman, Alex Winter and Rob Reiner.
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