Celebrities who have given up social media

Whether it be for a single day or several years, multiple big-name stars have opted to remove themselves from the world of social media and the social scrutiny that comes along with it. 

Ariana DeBose is the latest star to deactivate her Twitter account in response to the wave of commentators attacking her now-viral opening number at the 2023 BAFTA Awards. The 'West Side Story' star performed 'Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves' and 'We Are Family,' as well as an original rap where she shouted out the female nominees of the night. “Angela Bassett did the thing / Viola Davis my ‘Woman King’ / Blanchett Cate you’re a genius / Jamie Lee you are all of us,” sang DeBose, with the camera panning to the women as they were name-dropped.

"I think it's incredibly unfair, to be frank," producer Nick Bullen said of the criticism to Variety, adding that "the room was clapping, and people were sort of dancing to the music." Bullen continued, "That rap section in the middle, mentioning the women in the room, was because it's been a great year for women in film, and we wanted to celebrate that." He chalked up the criticism to the fact that people think "that the BAFTAs have to be this slightly stiff, traditional British, middle-England messaging," whereas "American awards shows have much more razzmatazz" and they wanted to start evolving "with some gentle changes that start to lay out the stall of what this show should be and where we should be with it." Aside from deactivating her Twitter, DeBose has not publicly addressed the performance.

Click through the following gallery to see other A-listers who've deleted their social media accounts.

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