Stephen King announced he is leaving X as the social media platform has become ‘too toxic’ for him.
The King of Horror, 77, shared a departing statement via his account on Thursday, following rumors that the owner of X — formerly known as Twitter — Elon Musk, 53, banned him from the platform.
‘I’m leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic. Follow me on Threads, if you like,’ he wrote.
The day prior the author — who joined the exodus of Hollywood stars leaving the platform — dispelled speculation about Musk kicking him off X, after he made a joke about the billionaire’s friendship with president-elect Donald Trump.
‘I see there’s a rumor going around that I called the Musk-man Trump’s new first lady. I didn’t, but only because I didn’t think of it. There’s also a rumor going around that Muskie kicked me off Twitter. Yet here I am.’
Stephen King, 77, announced he is leaving X as the social media platform has become ‘too toxic’ for him
The King of Horror shared a departing statement on his account on Thursday. ‘I’m leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic,’ he wrote
The writer has spoken out against the Tesla and SpaceX founder a number of times.
In the days after the Republican candidate’s win, he has repeatedly poked fun at Musk for supporting Trump.
King became the latest celebrity to sever her relationship with the social media platform in the wake of Trump’s presidential election victory.
Actress Alyssa Milano, 51, also announced she was leaving on Thursday, posting a screenshot of her deactivated account on Instagram.
‘Goodbye, X. Hello, Blue Sky,’ she wrote in her caption, in reference to the competing social network Bluesky, which recently became the top-ranked social media app on the Apple charts.
The upstart service has gained an influx of at least 700,000 new users since the US presidential election, The Guardian reported on Monday.
Jamie Lee Curtis, 65, revealed she left on Wednesday, also via Instagram.
Unlike some accounts and publications that have left X after Musk took control of it, Curtis appears to have completely deactivated her account, rather than leaving it up while ceasing to post.
He shared the update following rumors that the owner of X — formerly known as Twitter — Elon Musk, 53, banned him from the platform after he joked about his friendship with Donald Trump
The day prior the author dispelled the speculation Musk kicked him off X. ‘There’s also a rumor going around that Muskie kicked me off Twitter. Yet here I am,’ he wrote
Curtis announced her news in an Instagram post featuring a screenshot that was apparently taken from her X account on her phone.
‘Your account is deactivated,’ it read, with ‘Sorry to see you go. #GoodBye’ in smaller text at the bottom.
