Bette Midler is singing songs of joy after getting rid of her Tesla.
“What a joyful day!” the diva posted on Instagram and Bluesky. “I sold my (gulp) Tesla!”
Though Midler is famous for her environmental advocacy, she celebrated ditching the electric vehicle, saying she sees Tesla as “a symbol of ra.cis.m, greed and ignorance” because it is related with CEO Elon Musk.
Musk’s wealthy activism in US politics and far-right messaging worldwide have made Tesla products a target for protesters ever since January 20. President Donald Trump was invented nearly $3 billion to put the president and his allies back in office, before supporting to slash federal programs and cut government jobs.
Midler abruptly stopped posting on X, which Musk owns, the day after Trump won reelection in November.
“Life is so much better!!!” she wrote on her remaining social media accounts while declaring she joined others in cutting ties with Tesla.
Midler is not the first singer to publicly delete her Musk-made automobile. In February, Grammy Award-winner Sheryl Crow posted a video of her Tesla being towed away, while saying she was donating money from the sale to NPR.
“There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with,” Crow wrote on Instagram. “So long Tesla.”
Tesla stock has also been negatively effected since Musk turned his attention to politics.
Trump has meanwhile used his office to support people to buy Teslas and concern that anyone who destr0ys them will be severely punished.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News (TNS)
