Elon Musk has branded Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor a “crybaby” after he give up Twitter.

Over the weekend, Reznor mentioned he was “ready to depart” the platform and he called Musk’s takeover an “embarrassment”.

“We don’t want the vanity of the billionaire class to really feel like they’ll simply are available in and clear up all the pieces,” he added. “Even with out him concerned, I simply discover that it has turn into such a poisonous surroundings. For my psychological well being, I have to tune out. I don’t really feel good being there anymore.”

The 9 Inch Nails frontman has since acted on his promise and left the social media platform whereas Donald Trump has returned to Twitter following an online poll as has Kanye West after his account was beforehand locked following a series of antisemitic posts.

And it seems that Trent “9 inch nails” Reznor is definitely a crybaby 🤣

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2022

I like his music tbh, however perhaps Etsy is extra his type

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2022

Responding to a tweet which learn: “48 hours since @elonmusk reinstated President Trump’s Twitter account and the world nonetheless hasn’t ended,” Musk responded: “And it seems that Trent ‘9 inch nails’ Reznor is definitely a crybaby.”

His remark drew criticism from one consumer who wrote: “You’re silly fool. Trent Resnor [sic] is without doubt one of the greatest musicians ever.”

Musk then joked: “I like his music tbh, however perhaps Etsy is extra his type.”

He has been extensively criticised for his questionable actions at Twitter, which he officially took over in October. Amongst the dozens of stars to hit out at him are Kathy Burke, Stephen Fry, The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, comedy band SpitLip and Jack White, who also quit the platform over the weekend.

Twitter itself is rumoured to collapse imminently; over the previous couple of weeks, Musk has laid off thousands of employees, and advertisers have begun fleeing the platform in droves. Inside days of Musk’s takeover, too, hate speech on Twitter reportedly spiked – use of the N-word, for instance, elevated by practically 500 per cent inside 12 hours.

Final week, Musk additionally allegedly informed the remaining Twitter workers that they have to “work long hours at high intensity” or depart the corporate, with rumours of the location’s collapse following soon after.