CM Punk Explains Why He Left Twitter, Tweet That Sent Him Over The Edge

CM Punk explains why he decided to leave Twitter and also notes the Tweet that proved to be the catalyst for him leaving the platform.

Punk has not been active on the Twitter/X platform in several years, preferring to be active on Instagram with his stories being generally well received by fans, whether they’re serious or in jest.

While speaking to ESPN New York in a new interview, CM Punk spoke about his choice to leave Twitter, and what post led to him leaving the social media platform.

“I don’t even know how many of them are real people anymore. I honestly think it’s like bot farms, and they just attach onto whatever the hell an algorithm is. They repeat and regurgitate what other people are saying. So it winds up just being this cesspool of negativity. It’s pretty wild, and it’s pretty unhealthy. The thing that got me to abandon Twitter was I shattered my foot, and like I just saw somebody say they were happy about it. It didn’t hurt my feelings. I just went, ‘Oh, this is not a comment that I would have seen if I didn’t look at Twitter, so I’m just gonna stop looking at this.’”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Punk would speak about his recent time off. You can read more about that here.

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