Kathy Griffin calls Elon Musk a ‘hack,’ trolls him from dead mom’s account after suspension

byDuc Manh •
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Kathy Griffin continued to troll Elon Musk on Twitter in a single day Sunday and into Monday after he banned her from his newly acquired social media firm, resurrecting her lifeless mom’s Twitter account to name the billionaire a “hack,” and worse, serving to to foment a backlash in opposition to his declare of creating Twitter a bastion of free speech.

As of round 8 a.m. Monday, Griffin was nonetheless going at Musk on her mom’s @TipItMaggieG account, writing: “Elon, that is Maggie contacting you from the spirit world inform u…you’re a douchebag. This isn't parody. That is the precise ghost of Kathy Griffin’s boxed wine loving mom saying I’m gonna get tipsy & throw my bingo playing cards at you! NOT A PARODY. To the moon, (expletive).”

The Twitter accounts of Griffin, Sarah Silverman, “Mad Males” actor Rick Silver and others have been suspended Sunday for altering their usernames and photographs to match Musk’s, the Day by day Beast reported. As a pretend Musk, Griffin pushed her greater than 2 million followers to vote for Democrats in Tuesday’s midterm elections. She tweeted, “After a lot spirited dialogue with the females in my life, I’ve determined that voting blue for his or her alternative is simply proper (They’re additionally horny females, btw.)”

Musk responded to the faux accounts Sunday by saying that Twitter would completely take away accounts which are  “participating in impersonation,” with out clearly specifying that they're “parody” accounts. The Tesla CEO additionally mentioned that customers would get no warning earlier than suspension, as they'd beforehand, as “we're rolling out widespread verification.”

The Day by day Beast mentioned that Griffin and different celebrities had impersonated Musk’s account in current days to humorously protest his takeover of the social community.

Trumpeting the #FreeKathy hashtag, Griffin introduced her return to Twitter late Sunday afternoon, by tweeting underneath the account of her late mom, Maggie Griffin, who died in 2020.

Underneath Maggie Griffin, the comic replied to Musk’s suspension announcement to say, “I’m again from the grave to say… #FreeKathy #TipIt.”

Musk tried to crack a joke about Griffin’s suspension by tweeting, “Truly, she was suspended for impersonating a comic.” He additionally quipped, “But when she actually needs her account again, she will be able to have it … for $8.”

Griffin, additionally underneath her mom’s deal with, shot again at Musk’s “impersonating a comic” joke.

“I imply … you stole that joke, you (expletive),” Griffin wrote. “Individuals have been posting that joke for hours, you hack. Look, please do a greater job working this firm. It used to imply one thing. That is KG btw.”

Musk appeared to answer the outrage over Griffin’s suspension by tweeting, “Twitter must develop into by far probably the most correct supply of details about the world. That’s our mission.” He additionally insisted that he stays dedicated to free speech by saying, “My dedication to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my aircraft, although that could be a direct private security threat.”

Maggie Griffin’s account hadn’t been energetic since 2019, however Griffin insisted that her mom wouldn’t thoughts her appropriating it, after one other Twitter person identified that she already had been suspended for impersonating Musk and was now doing the identical underneath her mom’s title.

“Oh, for gods sake Andy, take a look at the date on the tweet you might be referencing,” Griffin wrote. “It's from 2019. My fantastic mom had an account that I ran for her. She handed away, however I at all times stored the account. Belief me, she could be with me on this. Chill out.”

Prompted by Griffin, the #FreeKathy hashtag was trending Sunday evening. Musk supporters defended him by saying he now owns Twitter, so he can do what he needs and Griffin was silly to assume she will be able to defy him.

The #FreeKathy fans referred to as Musk a “snowflake” who suspends a comic however who would take into account reinstating a “traitorous” Trump, a “poor child billionaire who can’t take a joke,” or somebody so “thin-skinned” he must droop a feminine comic to really feel “like an enormous man”

Others, who mentioned they weren't followers of Griffin, identified that Musk himself had proclaimed that underneath his management, comedy would now be “authorized” on Twitter.

“#FreeKathy. I feel Kathy is a awful comic however saying ‘comedy is now authorized,’ but suspending somebody as a result of their innocent joke harm your emotions. It ain’t like she was being racist or saying different bigot stuff. Not groovy, man.”

In addition they mentioned that Musk’s “extreme response” — not giving a warning earlier than completely suspending accounts — means that Twitter isn't being helmed “in a rational method.”

Somebody could have gotten the final chortle, in addition to 10,000 likes, by but once more impersonating Musk, in defiance of his new guidelines,  to announce that Griffin could be welcomed again:

 

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