Jamie Lee Curtis announces she's leaving X amid user exodus as Elon Musk joins Donald Trump's cabinet Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By BRIAN MARKS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 21:42, 13 November 2024 | Updated: 22:06, 13 November 2024 e-mail 20 shares 94 View comments Jamie Lee Curtis became the latest celebrity to sever her relationship with the social media platform X in the wake of Donald Trump 's presidential election victory.
The 65-year-old Freaky Friday actress made the announcement on Wednesday on another social media site: Instagram. Unlike some accounts and publications that have left X — which was formerly known as Twitter — after Elon Musk took control of it, Curtis appears to have completely deactivated her account, rather than leaving it up while ceasing to post. The exodus from X doesn't appear to be limited to stars with liberal politics — like Curtis — as the competing social network Bluesky 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, became the latest celebrity to sever her relationship with the social media platform X in the wake of Donald Trump's election victory; seen September 14 in West Hollywood X (formerly Twitter) users have been fleeing the Elon Musk–owned platform in the wake of the presidential election, with Bluesky apparently being the.