‘This Place Is a Mess’: Whoopi Goldberg Quits Twitter After Musk Takeover

Whoopi Goldberg attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. Sangeeta YadavTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who bought Twitter last month for $44 billion, has been introducing new policies, as he promised sweeping changes to the platform’s moderation and to make it the most reliable source of information. The changes include charging $8 for a blue tick, banning unlabeled parody accounts, and much more.American actor, comedian, and TV show host Whoopi Goldberg has joined the list of celebrities quitting Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover and launch of several new policies.

During her TV show "The View," Goldberg said, “It’s been a little over a week since Musk took over Twitter and this place is a mess.”

From Musk calling back some of the workforces who he fired a few days ago to suspending comedian Kathy Griffin’s account for impersonating him on a parody account” and charging an $8 per month fee for a blue tick on one’s account, Goldberg cited several reasons for why she feels Twitter is in such a mess.A video clip from the talk show making the rounds on the Internet shows Goldberg saying, “I’m getting off today because I just feel like it’s so messy, and I’m tired of now having certain kinds of attitudes blocked now getting back on. So I’m gonna get out.”Goldberg was quick to point out that her decision to quit Twitter is temporary and she might return if things settle down and if she feels comfortable. “But as of tonight, I’m done with Twitter,” Goldberg added, after which she deactivated her Twitter account.