No more tweeting for Whoopi.
“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg has joined the exodus from Twitter following billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the social media platform.
“I’m gettin’ off today because I just feel like … it’s so messy,” she said on her ABC morning program Monday.
Goldberg gave several reasons for her departure, including the return of people with “certain kinds of attitudes” to the platform.
Whoopi Goldberg announces that she's leaving Twitter. pic.twitter.com/ROIz2SOAvD
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 7, 2022
The 66-year-old Chelsea native didn’t close the door on returning to Twitter “if it settles down enough and I feel more comfortable,” but her account with the social media brand was closed Monday afternoon.
Some Twitter users have complained that new ownership will usher in racists, antisemites and conspiracy theorists previously banned from the platform. Musk, who has himself shared bad information on Twitter, has indicated that isn’t his plan.
This alone is worth Elon’s $44b
— James Coburn (@JamesCoburn3) November 7, 2022
High-profile figures including producer Shonda Rhimes, model Gigi Hadid and Grammy winning singers Toni Braxton and Sara Bareills previously stated they would leave Twitter.
Musk, the world’s richest person, last week announced plans to charge Twitter users who want their identities on his site to be marked as verified. He claimed the company has been operating inefficiently and bleeding money.
Broadcasting giant Howard Stern and top-selling author Stephen King scoffed at the idea of paying to be recognized by a social media platform to which they have fed free content despite their value as entertainers.
“I thought I was helping Twitter,” Stern remarked on his Monday morning SiriuxXM program.
No. One. Cares.
— AV8R (@FL450_420TAS) November 7, 2022
When King said he wouldn’t pay Twitter last week, Musk engaged responded that charging for verification was necessary to pay the company’s bills.
“Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers,” Musk claimed.
Several advertisers have also voiced reservations about the changes, saying they need to be convinced the platform wouldn’t further descend into a message board for the dregs of society.
Goldberg’s co-hosts on Monday agreed Twitter seemed to be turning into a “hellscape,” but argued that distinguishing between freedom of expression and the spread of hate and dishonesty is a societal “problem” that needs to be addressed.
“It ain’t my problem today because I’m out,” Goldberg said.
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Sicuak Nedua us a very loud voice for w lot of people who really need to just be quiet.
That’s what it has turned into anyway—everybody wants to outshout everybody else—then everybody gets mad and start finger-pointing and name-calling and throwing their tantrums. If this is all the value this kind of thing can afford, we don’t need it.
Democrat obsessed Whoopie is destined to be found dead face down, smothered in one of her own backfiring whoopie cushions., Just like Democrat Mayor Washington in CHicago was found. at his desk. Nobody cares, because the people of one party have no hearts. and if they do, are never connected to their brains.
LETS Hope she goes for good!
Never having been a subscriber to Twitter I really don’t care what she and the others leaving think! Seeing the names of the people makes me glad I never was on it knowing and seeing what they’ve tweeted in news article makes me feel good I did not subject myself to their diatribes. As for the racist, antisemites and conspiracy theorists they are already there, just listen to the garbage the liberals, the woke, the leftists, the Democrats spout to get my meaning. What they are really afraid of is their liberal ideas being challenged and the possibility of having to defend them in open debate. This is why they were happy to be on twitter along with anarchists, muderers, rapists, they all had the same political views!
When you can’t stand the heat of equal opportunity ideaas its time to get out of Hells kitchen, where Liberal economic entrepreneurs just dish out more ente’s of manure.
Her name is Karen Johnson, a.k.a. “Whoopi Cushion”, later Whoopi Goldberg.
I laughed, when i heard her real name is KAREN!!! SO fitting.
And she would be the expert on what messy is
I love the fact the idiots complaining the most about the $8 a month fee are the lefties that can easily afford it!
That’s two cups of coffee at starbucks.. THEY CAN’T give that up.. RHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEE!