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Alyssa Milan was one of the many stars who got upset about it Elon Musk’s Decision to buy Twitter and recent actions he has taken on the social platform. The actress and activist, 49, said instead of taking the money to “destroy” Twitter, Elon, 51, should have donated the money to a charity. Despite returning her Tesla, she explained that during an interview she will continue to fight to share her political beliefs on the platform The view on Tuesday, November 29th
When asked about her recent announcement of returning her Tesla, she said Who is the boss Star explained that she made the choice after a report surfaced claiming Elon had exposed himself and suggested a SpaceX flight attendant Business Insider. The billionaire has denied the allegations. As one of the leading figures in the Me Too movement, Alyssa said she couldn’t keep the car. “When he was accused of sexual misconduct and paid that person $250,000, I decided I couldn’t live in this hypocrisy of driving that car when that happened,” she said.
Alyssa went on to say that she could only imagine what would have been good if SpaceX’s CEO had used the money for a noble cause. “I’m so fed up with these billionaires, except for a few, but most notably Elon Musk. They buy Twitter to destroy it for $40 billion. 40 billion dollars. Elon Musk, imagine if he donated the money to UNICEF. He would change the world. There would be no hunger,” she said.
Whoopi Goldberg, who left Twitter, Alyssa agreed, saying he can still make those kinds of donations. “He could go in his pocket and donate the money,” she said.
When asked why she stayed on Twitter, Alyssa mentioned that not much has changed for her personally because she’s “always on the receiving end of trolls.” Still, she said she didn’t want more progressive political views to disappear from the site as more and more malicious accounts are running on it. Whoopi disagreed, but the actress explained that she still wanted her voice to be heard on the platform. “We cannot cede this territory. It’s like a turf war now,” she said. “When we’re not taking our side of the political discourse, aren’t we just saying, ‘You know what? You can have Twitter.’”