Another prominent liberal is publicly announcing their intention to get off of Twitter after Elon Musk completed his takeover bid of the platform.
During a segment of ABCâs âThe View,â co-host Whoopi Goldberg argued the company has become a âmess.â
âHeâs already called back some of the workforce he fired a few days ago. Heâs putting his $8 charge for blue-check verification on hold. First, it was going to be $20. Now itâs going to be $8,â Goldberg said. âHe also suspended Kathy Griffin for impersonating him on a parody account.â
She continued, âI mean, Iâm getting off. Iâm getting off today. Because I just feel like itâs so messy. And Iâm tired of now having had certain kinds of attitudes blocked, and now theyâre back on.â
âIâm going to get out. And if it settles down and I feel more comfortable, maybe Iâll come back. But as of tonight, Iâm done with Twitter,â she added.
As of Monday morning, Goldberg has 1.6 million followers on Twitter.
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Co-host Sunny Hostin chimed in to say she believes âa lot of peopleâ share Goldbergâs sentiment.
âI stopped reading the comments years ago. But become such a hellscape,â she continued. âNow youâve got Elon Musk turning it into something that it was never intended to be.â
She added, âHe said itâs going to be the public square. Well, I donât want to be a part of that public square.â
Goldbergâs comments come after comedian Kathy Griffinâs Twitter account was suspended after she posted several parody messages impersonating Musk.
On Sunday evening, Musk tweeted, âGoing forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying âparodyâ will be permanently suspended.â
âPreviously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue,â he continued.
Finally, Musk added, âAny name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark.â
Several other celebrities have announced their plan to leave Twitter after Musk officially became its owner.
