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John Cleese says "goodbye" to Twitter: "Thanks for dinner, Elon"

John Cleese appears to have quit X (formerly Twitter), sharing a "goodbye" post referencing owner Elon Musk.

The comedian and Monty Python star shared a post earlier today (September 9) that suggested he was leaving the platform, while also referring to owner Elon Musk. Cleese wouldn’t be the first celebrity to quit X in the last few years, with the likes of Stephen Fry, Whoopi Goldberg and Gigi Hadid among the famous names that left the platform in the wake of Musk’s takeover in 2022. Meanwhile, earlier this year Cleese revealed that he is “surprisingly poor”, blaming his $20million (£15.3m) divorce to third wife Alyce Faye Eichelberger in 2008 as one of the reasons why he works hard into his 80s.

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