Shonda Rhimes is the latest Hollywood celebrity to leave Twitter following the completion of Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform.
Rhimes, who joined Twitter in November 2008 and has 1.9 million followers, posted a message Saturday suggesting she would no longer use the social media platform in light of Musk’s acquisition having been finalized two days prior.
“Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye,” the television mogul tweeted.
Rhimes did not offer further clarification and remains active on other platforms, including Instagram and TikTok. A representative for Rhimes did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“I’m out of here,” declared “This Is Us” executive producer Ken Olin to his 300,000 followers on Friday after previously pledging, “The day @elonmusk takes ownership of Twitter, I’m out.”
“No judgement. Let’s keep the faith. Let’s protect our democracy. Let’s try to be kinder. Let’s try to save the planet. Let’s try to be more generous. Let’s look to find peace in the world.” He noted he was going to try Tribel social instead.
“Billions” showrunner Brian Koppelman similarly tweeted, “Y’all’s, for real, come find me over on instagram and the tok. Gonna really try to take a breather from here for a minute or a month come deal close time.”
The “Rounders” writer previously tweeted, “I can see the logic in taking a long twitter hiatus when EM takes it over.”
Musk has been teasing planned changes for Twitter. On Thursday, he tweeted, “the bird is freed,” and the following day, he wrote, “Comedy is now legal on Twitter.”
Musk has stated in an open letter to Twitter advertisers he bought the platform to “help humanity” and assured it won’t become a “free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences.”
