Kathy Griffin Tweets From Late Mother’s Account After Elon Musk Suspends Her From Twitter

“Sorry to beryllium a escaped code absolutist,” Elon Musk tweeted successful March. Seven months and $44 cardinal later, Elon, 51, went connected a banning spree, kicking Kathy Griffin and others from Twitter for mocking him. Kathy, 62, took portion successful the viral inclination of users changing their show names and icons –not their existent Twitter handles – to work and lucifer “Elon Musk.” After Elon banned Kathy, helium said she was “suspended for impersonating a comedian.” This prompted Kathy to tweet from the relationship belonging to her precocious mother, Maggie Griffin. “I mean… you stole that joke, you asshole,” tweeted Kathy done @TipItMaggieG. “People person been posting that gag for hours, you hack.”

I mean… you stole that joke, you asshole. People person been posting that gag for hours, you hack.
Look, delight bash a amended occupation moving this company. It utilized to mean something.
This is KG btw

— Maggie Griffin (@TipItMaggieG) November 7, 2022

I honestly deliberation it’s due to the fact that it’s me, and due to the fact that the tweets I was trying to constitute successful his dependable were pro democrats and had hashtags similar #VoteBlueToProtectWomen and #voteblue and pro @BetoORourke etc.
Oh Sara, this is KG btw.

— Maggie Griffin (@TipItMaggieG) November 7, 2022

“Look, delight bash a amended occupation moving this company. It utilized to mean something,” said Kathy connected her mother’s account. When responding to idiosyncratic asking astir wherefore Kathy got banned, the My Life connected the D-List star tweeted, “I honestly deliberation it’s due to the fact that it’s me, and due to the fact that the tweets I was trying to constitute successful his dependable were pro democrats and had hashtags similar #VoteBlueToProtectWomen and #voteblue and pro @BetoORourke, etc.”

Kathy, Sarah Silverman, and Mad Men’s Rich Sommer were immoderate of those whose accounts were banned aft partaking successful the viral “Elon”-clone meme. The wide impersonation was done arsenic a mode to mock Musk pursuing his archetypal week arsenic “Chief Twit,” what with his determination to institute an $8 monthly complaint for verification presumption (while besides firing fractional the company’s staff.) “Going forward, immoderate Twitter handles engaging successful impersonation without intelligibly specifying ‘parody’ volition beryllium permanently suspended,” tweeted Musk. “Previously, we issued a informing earlier suspension, but present that we are rolling retired wide verification, determination volition beryllium nary warning. This volition beryllium intelligibly identified arsenic a information for signing up to Twitter Blue,” helium added.

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“Any sanction alteration astatine each volition origin impermanent nonaccomplishment of verified checkmark,” helium said. The Daily Beast pointed retired that this determination seemingly contradicts what Elon tweeted connected Oct. 28, with the caller owners saying, “Twitter volition beryllium forming a contented moderation assembly with wide divers viewpoints. No large contented decisions oregon relationship reinstatements volition hap earlier that assembly convenes.”

Elon besides addressed the wide layoffs connected Nov. 4. “Regarding Twitter’s simplification successful force, unfortunately, determination is nary prime erstwhile the institution is losing implicit $4M/day. Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance, which is 50% much than legally required,” helium tweeted. The nonaccomplishment of gross comes arsenic brands person paused advertizing connected Twitter pursuing Musk’s acquisition since the app saw an “immediate, visible, and measurable spike” successful hatred code aft Elon took over, per CBS News.

However, Twitter has reportedly asked immoderate of the fired workers to travel back, according to Bloomberg News. “Some of those who are being asked to instrumentality was laid disconnected by mistake. Others were fto spell earlier absorption realized that their enactment and acquisition whitethorn beryllium indispensable to physique the caller features Musk envisions,” per the report.