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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Johanna Chisholm

Grimes blames Twitter for ‘public mental health’ issues amid takeover by her ex-partner Elon Musk

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Musician Grimes called out Twitter’s “issues with public mental health” just days after her on-and-off again boyfriend Elon Musk announced he’d reached a deal to purchase the social media platform for $44bn.

Speaking on MIT researcher Lex Fridman’s podcast on Friday, the Canadian-born singer said despite her misgivings about some of the “issues” with the platform, she does continue to use it prolifically and even admitted to creating “fake Twitter accounts” in the past in order to debate with people on topics that she feels she couldn’t engage with on her blue-check verified account.

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