Kathy Griffin continues to taunt Elon Musk on Twitter regardless of being suspended from the app. How? By tweeting the brand new Twitter CEO from her useless mom’s account.
Griffin was kicked off the social media platform over the weekend for impersonating Musk, however she maneuvered her means again on-line because of her mother Maggie. Maggie, a fan-favorite on My Life on the D-Listing, handed away in 2020. Maggie’s Twitter account hadn’t been energetic since 2019 — till Sunday night time. Kathy began tweeting from “TipItMaggieG” and has relentlessly gone after Musk the previous 24 hours.
“Elon, that is Maggie contacting you from the spirit world inform u…you are a douchebag. This isn’t parody. That is the precise ghost of Kathy Griffin’s boxed wine loving mom saying I am gonna get tipsy & throw my bingo playing cards at you! NOT A PARODY,” Griffin wrote on Monday.
Musk beforehand declared that “comedy is now authorized” on Twitter since his $44 billion acquisition, however the Tesla founder would not discover it humorous when individuals mock and impersonate him. Over the weekend, the entrepreneur mentioned “any Twitter handles partaking in impersonation with out clearly specifying ‘parody’ can be completely suspended.”
Griffin modified her photograph and identify to match Musk’s profile and was tweeting as him forward of the midterm elections.
“After a lot spirited dialogue with the females in my life, I’ve determined that voting blue for his or her selection is just proper. (They’re additionally horny females, btw.) #VoteBlueToProtectWomen!” Griffin wrote as “Musk.”
Sarah Silverman, Valerie Bertinelli and Mad Males alum Wealthy Sommer adopted swimsuit and adjusted their profiles to match Musk’s. As of Monday, Sommer’s account continues to be suspended whereas Silverman is again working as herself.
Some celebrities are leaving Twitter on their very own accord. Whoopi Goldberg known as Twitter a “mess” and mentioned on Monday’s The View she’s leaving the platform “in the present day.”
“I simply really feel like — it is so messy and I am bored with now, having had sure sorts of attitudes blocked, and now they’re again on. I am gonna get out and if it settles down and I really feel extra comfy, possibly I am going to come again. However as of tonight, I am performed with Twitter,” Goldberg declared.
Gigi Hadid introduced on Instagram that she deactivated her account as Musk slashed Twitter’s workforce. The mannequin wrote that Twitter is “changing into increasingly more of a cesspool of hate & bigotry,” including, “particularly with its new management.”
“I am unable to say it is a protected place for anybody, not a social platform that may do extra good than hurt,” Hadid famous.
Toni Braxton, Shonda Rhimes and Sara Bareilles have additionally departed the blue hen app.
As for Musk, he appears to be ignoring the #FreeKathy requests. As an alternative, he is urging his almost 115 million followers to vote “for a Republican Congress” within the midterm elections.
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