Who could resist an invitation like this: Twitter owner Elon Musk says comic Kathy Griffin can return to Twitter — but he misspelled her name as “Kathie.”
30.10.2022 - 02:37 / perezhilton.com
Several celebrities are ready to say goodbye to Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover!
In case you missed it, the 51-year-old Tesla owner took ownership of the social media platform on Thursday – which promptly came with some changes in leadership and a bunch of concerns over if his plans will basically create a hate-speech free for all on the app. Not to mention fears of reinstating Twitter privileges of some people who were banned – like ex-president Donald Trump. And now, many people and even celebs are vowing to quit Twitter as a result of Elon’s acquisition of the platform. Which stars are abandoning the app, you may ask? Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes tweeted on Saturday morning to her 1.9 million followers:
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This Is Us executive producer Ken Olin declared to his 300,000 followers on Friday:
Billions showrunner Brian Koppelman shared a similar sentiment:
Bill & Ted star Alex Winter reportedly deleted his entire Twitter history and left a Linktree address after posting a meme that depicted Elon, Donald, and Kanye West as the Three Musketeers. Meanwhile, Josh Gad seemed on the fence about whether he was going to quit the site:
However, others have the opposite stance on the situation and feel everyone should stay on Twitter to fight back if it stops regulating hate speech. Star Trek icon George Takei expressed this sentiment, writing on Saturday:
He continued:
Director Rob Reiner pleaded with his followers to stay on the platform, stressing:
We’ll have to keep an eye out if any more celebs decide to leave Twitter — or even how long the ones who vowed to leave even stay off it. Some said they were going to quit Twitter when Elon first bid to take over the
Who could resist an invitation like this: Twitter owner Elon Musk says comic Kathy Griffin can return to Twitter — but he misspelled her name as “Kathie.”
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Well, it happened. Elon Musk actually took ownership of Twitter. We’d love to say everyone was worried over nothing, but… certainly some big changes are already afoot. And they’re not exactly reassuring.
Elon Musk, who just took over Twitter in a $44 billion leveraged buyout, sought to allay fears about the direction of the social media company by saying it is forming a content moderation council.