Gigi Hadid leaves Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, calls it a ‘cesspool of hate and bigotry’

Gigi Hadid is the latest celebrity to say goodbye to Twitter. Her decision comes after Elon Musk fired hundreds of employees.

American model Gigi Hadid has deactivated her Twitter account after Elon Musk became the new boss of the microblogging site. Taking to Instagram, Gigi announced her decision amid the mass layoffs by the organisation, and wrote, “For a long time, but especially with its new leadership, it's becoming more and more of a cesspool of hate & bigotry, and its not a place I want to be a part of."

Gigi Hadid leaves Twitter. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo)

Gigi also went on to apologise to fans for her exit from the social media platform. She added, “Only sorry to the fans, who I have loved connecting with for a decade via Twitter, but I can't say "I can't stay it's a safe place for anyone, nor a social platform that will do more good than harm.” Currently, her profile doesn’t exist on the website.

Gigi Hadid's deactivated Twitter account.

Gigi also posted Human Rights Counsel Shannon Raj Singh's tweet about being laid off from the company. Last week, Elon Musk fired several employees after taking control. This also included the human rights team, as per Page Six.

Meanwhile, celebrities like Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes, This Is Us executive producer Ken Olin, Téa Leoni, Ron Perlman, lyricist Sara Bareilles and Toni Branxton also left the micro-blogging website.

(With inputs from ANI)