Actor Wil Wheaton has dubbed Elon Musk a "bully" after the billionaire called singer Trent Reznor a "crybaby" for leaving Twitter.
On November 20, the 57-year-old Nine Inch Nails singer joined the growing list of celebrities who permanently deactivated their Twitter accounts.
Shortly after, Reznor spoke with The Hollywood Reporter and said he has quit the platform for his "mental health" and that the social media site doesn't need the 51-year-old Tesla owner's "arrogance".
Musk then took to Twitter to respond to the 'Closer' singer's remarks, calling him a "crybaby".
This prompted the 50-year-old Stand by Me star to slam Musk as a "malevolent force" and a "hurt person who is hurting our society" in a lengthy Facebook post.
Read Wheaton's Facebook post below:Wheaton wrote that he could "not fathom the emptiness, the insecurity, the insatiable need for attention and validation, the staggering arrogance, the malevolence and total void of human experience" of the new Twitter owner.
The Star Trek actor then ripped into the richest man in the world for bullying, threatening, and trolling "like the weak, scared, insecure child he has always been".
"There are literal millions of people who uncritically worship him, in spite of overwhelming evidence that he's a douchebag. Some number of them will come after me, as they come after anyone who points at their naked emperor," Wheaton pointed out.
Wheaton described Musk's supporters as an "army of fools" and said they are "slavishly serving a man who does not even know they exist".
He then continued that the SpaceX founder can have all the money in the world, but he will still "*never* be happy or satisfied," adding that he "has no real friends. Every single person around him is either a viper, a parasite, or both."
"That’s a tragedy for him, but it’s dangerous for us," the Big Bang Theory star commented. "He doesn’t care what he destroys or who he hurts as he chases this existential thing he can not ever have."
"You know the saying 'hurt people hurt people'? He’s a hurt person who is hurting our society, making people I care about less safe," he concluded. "The consequences of this one man’s midlife crisis are global, and that terrifies me."
Musk's acquisition of Twitter has come under fire since he took things over. He began his tenure with a massive round of layoffs, and on November 17, he sent an email to employees asking them to work "extremely hardcore" or leave the company.
According to People, reports revealed that hundreds of workers took the latter option, and soon after "#RIPTwitter" began trending on the site - though it remains up and running, and thriving according to Musk.
In addition to all this, he has also faced criticisms for reinstating suspended Twitter accounts such as former President Donald Trump and the controversial Kanye West.
Furthermore, the tech mogul announced on November 24 that he would "offer a general amnesty" to suspended accounts that had not "broken the law or engaged in egregious spam" as part of his pledge to boost free speech on the site.
The amnesty could reinstate a range of divisive figures who were barred for breaching the platform's rules around hateful conduct, spreading misinformation, and incitement of violence.
