Demi Moore boots @mrskutcher, debuts new name on Twitter

Demi Moore has scored one for the single women: She’s landed one that’s fun, playful and available.

In this case, it’s her new Twitter name.

“So hard finding a name that was fun somewhat playful and available. So for now it will be @justdemi,� she wrote Thursday night in announcing the new handle and thanking her followers for their help. “It could grow on me!�

Moore’s November announcement that she intended to divorce Ashton Kutcher quickly made it clear that she should ditch her high-profile @mrskutcher moniker, but the actress-producer had some other business to take care of first.

A media explosion in September around allegations of infidelity by Kutcher on the couple’s sixth-anniversary weekend was only one part of a public unraveling that ultimately saw Moore hospitalized and headed for rehab.

“changing my twitter name isn’t a top priority right now,� Moore said in December, when her follower count stood at 4.4 million. “sorry it bothers so many of u. should I not tweet until I do? does it really matter?�

A little more than a month later, her friends were calling 911 and she was seeking “professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health,� reportedly entering rehab at the Cirque Lodge in Utah. Simultaneously, she wound up spending more than three months away from Twitter, the social-media platform she and Kutcher had occupied so prominently as a couple.

In the wee hours Friday, shortly after she announced the change to @justdemi, Moore’s follower count climbed past 5 million. Kutcher’s @aplusk tally, meanwhile, was cruising around 10.5 million, up from 8 million or so in December.

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