Not everyone is proud to be an American. While there are many people who express their disagreement with politics and policies in the United States, there are very few who actually do something about it — like completely giving up their citizenship status.
While it’s relatively uncommon, some expatriates actually decide to renounce or relinquish their U.S. citizenship once they move abroad.
Over the years, those who have said goodbye to America have included a few famous faces, most of who have left and never looked back.
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision to overturn Roe v.
Wade, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took a defiant stand during a concert in London, declaring his intention to renounce his U.S. citizenship.
Upon learning of the court’s ruling mid-concert,
Armstrong addressed the London audience, expressing his outrage over the U.S.’s failure to protect women’s reproductive rights and his decision to renounce his citizenship….