Singer Demi Lovato has deactivated her Twitter account after receiving backlash over a 21 Savage joke.
The “Let it go” singer quit Twitter after a joke about the Super Bowl and rapper 21 Savage who has been arrested by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) for reportedly overstaying his visa. Savage now reportedly faces deportation.
She tweeted during Superbowl: “So far 21 Savage memes have been my favorite part of the Super Bowl.”
After she was heavily criticized for her comments, Demi who suffered a near-fatal overdose last year then tweeted: “If you’re gonna come at me for making a joke, try coming at me with something original not involving drugs.”
Among those who went ham on her for the 21 Savage joke is rapper Wale who tweeted that he does not get the joke when it concerns another person’s freedom. He reminded her of the time when people wished her lots of love and light after her overdose.
A lot of people were sending you love light , prayers etc . When people were making jokes about u at a rough time. A lot of people .Bless up https://t.co/9sxe1rJuA2
— Wale (@Wale) February 4, 2019
Demi clapped back saying that the reason why the “Lotus Flower Bomb” hitmaker was weighing in was that he was salty that she didn’t reply to his many desperate tweets many years ago. The 34-year-old rapper Wale, however, kept it classy by saying he hoped that she had seen the tweets where he wished her well during her downtime because he doesn’t kick people when they down.
And shortly afterward, the 26-year-old singer declared she was done with the social media platform. Before deactivating her account, she wrote: “F**k Twitter. This is why I don’t tweet anymore.”
Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph popularly known as 21 Savage was arrested in Atlanta at the weekend after ICE agents claimed he is actually a British citizen who has overstayed his United States visa for over a decade.
The “No Heart” rapper has been accused of entering the country illegally in 2005 and staying in the United States after his visa expired the following year. ICE also cited his felony drug charge conviction in Georgia in 2014 when making the case for his arrest.