Golf legend Sir Nick Faldo and his wife Lindsay Lady Faldo have confirmed they will be removing their personal accounts from X/Twitter at the end of the week.
The Faldos have released a statement confirming that they will be leaving the social media platform, but the Faldo brands – Faldo Design, Faldo Farm and Faldo Series – will remain on X.
Despite calling Elon Musk “brilliant,” Faldo and his wife have decided to step away from his social media platform because they “believe the growing number of posts with overly explicit content, including violent images, are more disturbing.” videos and aggressive language, is not the case”. “of interest to us or healthy for everyone to experience”.
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Faldo, 67, is England’s greatest golfer of all time, with six major titles.
In 2020, he married his wife Lindsay for the fourth time.
Sir Nick is Lindsay’s seventh husband.
Lindsay De Marco, 61, is a former topless dancer, ardent Republican supporter and die-hard MAGA fan.
During Donald Trump’s speech in Montana in August, “45” referred to Faldo as a “most important friend of mine” and Lindsay as “his beautiful wife.”
Trump then floated the idea that Faldo could join his administration if he were later re-elected in three months.
Faldo quickly hit back on social media.
But today Sir Nick and his wife Lindsay confirmed they are leaving X for good.
However, they still remain active on LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram.
Here is the Faldos’ full statement:
Dear friends and followers,
After many years of having accounts on the platform now known as “X,” we have decided to remove our personal accounts from the platform and will be doing so by the end of the week. While we appreciate the free expression forum that the brilliant Elon Musk has fostered and developed, we believe that the growing number of posts containing overly explicit content, including violent images, disturbing videos and aggressive language, are of no interest to us is still healthy for anyone to experience.
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We will continue to engage through our LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram accounts, which allow for both public and private on-demand interactions.
Please note that Faldo’s brands are the most extensive and far-reaching in the world, with over 50 events in 30 countries and growing.
To learn more, please visit FaldoSeries.com, FaldoDesign.com and NickFaldo.com.
Sincerely,
Sir Nick and Lindsay Lady Faldo
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