Jamie Lee Curtis publicizes she’s leaving X amid consumer exodus as Elon Musk joins Donald Trump’s cupboard

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 major beneficiary; Musk pictured Wednesday in Washington, DC

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.

Curtis, who has been open about her past struggles with drug and alcohol addiction, quoted the serenity prayer in her caption.

‘God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference,’ she wrote of giving up X.

The Halloween star didn’t specifically state her reasons for leaving the controversial platform, though many users leaving X have Elon Musk’s closeness to Donald Trump and Trump’s election victory.

Curtis, who supported Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats in this month’s election, reacted on Instagram after her opponent Trump was victorious.

Also on Wednesday, the television journalist Don Lemon announced that he would be leaving X as well.

Unlike Curtis, he issued a statement on X, though it wasn’t clear if he planned to deactivate his account in the future, or if he would stop posting while leaving his archive visible for his followers. 

‘I’ve loved connecting with all of you on X, but it’s time for me to leave the platform,’ he began on what looked like a photocopy of The Don Lemon Show stationery. 

He said he no long believed that X was a ‘place for honest debate and discussion, transparency, and free speech.’

Lemon also attributed his decision to X’s new terms of service, which are set to go into effect on Friday, November 15. 

The site is following the path of many corporations in forcing users who try to take it to court to have their cases heard in ‘the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas or state courts located in Tarrant County, Texas.’

‘As the Washington Post recently reported on X’s decision to change the terms, this “ensures that such lawsuits will be heard in courthouses that are a hub for conservatives, which experts say could make it easier for X to shield itself from litigation and punish critics,”‘ Lemon continued. ‘I think that speaks for itself.’

He concluded his post with a list of his other social media accounts for fans to find him at, adding, ‘I hope you will join me there.’ 

Curtis shared a screenshot from her phone of her deactivation screen and included the serenity prayer in her caption

She didn’t provide a reason for ditching X, but many other departing figures have cited Donald Trump’s election victory and owner Elon Musk’s coziness with him

Also on Wednesday, the television journalist Don Lemon announced that he would be leaving X as well

He cited X’s new terms of service to force users to move litigation to Northern District of Texas, which ‘could make it easier for X to shield itself from litigation and punish critics’; pictured in April in NYC

On Tuesday, President-elect Trump announced that X owner Elon Musk would be joining Vivek Ramaswamy to head the still-to-be-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

However, the ‘department’ may end up being just a blue-ribbon commission, as an act of Congress is required to create a new governmental agency.

Lemon was set to be an employee of X earlier this year with his own news show, but Musk canceled the program after a testy sit-down with the anchor that was to serve as the show’s premiere episode.

Lemon subsequently sued Musk and X, claiming that he had ‘incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses’ to get the show ready to air.