Actress Amber Heard has officially deleted her Twitter account after billionaire Elon Musk—whom she dated for several months in 2017—acquired the platform and speculation is running rampant that she didn't want her ex-boyfriend to have access to her private messages.
The news that Heard had deleted her Twitter account became known after YouTuber Matthew Lewis—better known on on the social media platform as "ThatUmbrellaGuy"—shared a screenshot of a black screen under Heard's Twitter handle @RealAmberHeard, which said that Heard's account "doesn't exist."
You can see the post below.
\u201cAmber Heard has deleted her Twitter.\u201d— ThatUmbrellaGuy (@ThatUmbrellaGuy) 1667319352
Shortly afterward, former TMZ employee Morgan Tremaine, who covered Heard's defamation trial against her ex, actor Johnny Depp, suggested that Heard did not want her ex to have access to either her account of her direct message history.
\u201cHmm looks like someone didn\u2019t want their ex-boyfriend to have access to their account and DM\u2019s\u201d— Morgan Tremaine (@Morgan Tremaine) 1667334249
Twitter users and fans openly wondered if that was in fact the reason why Heard deleted her account.
\u201cThe plot thickens\u201d— Stephanie \ud83e\udd2c\ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f (@Stephanie \ud83e\udd2c\ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f) 1667350670
\u201cMhmm. \nYeah\nYep. \nYes. \nUh-uh\nAye\nCorrect \nDefinitely \ud83d\udcaf\u201d— Cooper1872 (@Cooper1872) 1667429613
\u201cNow we find out the real reason Elon bought twitter #AmberHeard #evidenceintheDMs\u201d— SoapBox (@SoapBox) 1667347120
A few pointed out that deactivating her account would not necessarily stop Twitter's current chief executive from gaining access.
\u201cyou have to be the most naive person in the world to believe deleting will remove any trace of that off the internet lmaoo\u201d— MOON POWER. (@MOON POWER.) 1667359808
\u201cThat's not how it works\u201d— Artemis \ud83c\udff9 (@Artemis \ud83c\udff9) 1667336950
However, several suggested that Tremaine was looking to smear Heard further after she contended with profoundly negative publicity and attacks online during the aforementioned defamation trial.
\u201cYou are so obsessed it\u2019s been months since the trial and you\u2019re still holding onto that little clout \ud83d\ude02 tf did she do to YOU specifically?\u201d— seta (@seta) 1667389836
\u201cWho is actually dumb enough to believe that?\u201d— alexandra (@alexandra) 1667371906
\u201cHere's another stupid person using Amber Heard's name to get likes,\nYou should thank Amber Heard because without her no one would know who you are.\u201d— tal (@tal) 1667359708
\u201cwhat are you guys even talking about anymore\u2026 like everyday it gets weirder\u201d— \ud83d\udc1b (@\ud83d\udc1b) 1667351172
Musk's takeover of Twitter became official last week.
Shortly before the acquisition deal was completed, he posted a bizarre video of himself carrying a porcelain sink into the company's headquarters. He also changed his Twitter bio to read "Chief Twit," a sign that he would be moving ahead as the company's official owner.
Musk had for months complained about Twitter's moderation rules and argued the social media company needs to go private if it wants to become a platform for free speech.
However, Musk came under heavy criticism after he announced he was abandoning his deal to purchase Twitter for $44 billion.
Musk accused Twitter of misrepresenting user data, saying the company failed to respond to multiple requests for information on fake or spam accounts. He added he was terminating his bid due to a “material breach of multiple provisions” of the agreement.
Twitter sued Musk in an effort to get a court to enforce the deal, and after much back-and-forth, Musk agreed to buy the company for the initially agreed upon price.