A number of celebrity accounts, including Kathy Griffin, thought it would be a sick burn to change their verified account’s name and profile pictures to match Elon Musk’s account as proof that opening up the verified Twitter blue check to the ‘little people’ would be dangerous for the platform.
Valerie Bertinelli and Sarah Silverman were some of the first accounts to pull the stunt. They have since changed their accounts back, but Kathy Griffin thought she’d try to cash in on the joke and began tweeting support for Democrat candidates using Musk’s name and photo.
Griffin managed to catch Musk’s attention and may have achieved the funniest moment of her entire career.
JUST IN: Kathy Griffin’s Twitter account has been suspended after she made numerous fake post impersonating Elon Musk. “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” Musk declared. pic.twitter.com/niC6Y9i24r
— Election Wizard 🇺🇸 (@ElectionWiz) November 6, 2022
That’s right, her account was ‘temporarily restricted’. Uh oh, Kathy, what comes after your temporary restriction?
Well, Elon Musk had an answer.
Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2022
Hold on a minute. We just need to …
… Ok, we’re ready now.
No exceptions
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2022
So that means Kathy Griffin, queen of the terminally unfunny Left is …
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!! HAHAHAHAHA! LOL!!!
… pauses to breathe …
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!! We are crying!
YAAAAAAAS lol
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) November 6, 2022
Exactly! LOL!
— Tabitha (@TabithaADraper) November 6, 2022
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It’s all of us right now.
And he's keeping the 8 bucks, Kathy.
No refunds.
— tHONKful Honkitude (@posting_ls) November 6, 2022
HAHA!
"Kathy Griffin was just suspended from Twitter? Wow… I didn't know that. You're telling me now for the first time. She led an amazing Twitter life. What else can you say?" pic.twitter.com/U3WxhhJgNQ
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 6, 2022
LOL!
— Gays For TRUMP (@GaysForTrumpUS) November 6, 2022
Perfect! This is likely the next phase of this saga – Kathy will hit the liberal talk show circuit to cry about how Elon Musk has ruined her career.
You are welcome y'all. I reported her, so I am happy to take ALL the credit.
— Blue Czech (@EiverMecktun) November 6, 2022
Well done, good sir.
Should have been suspended long ago for impersonating a comedian.
— Craig Cannon (@craigcannon60) November 6, 2022
BOOM!
We’re sure liberal Twitter is going to be absolutely outraged over this, and we’re here for it.
We here at Twitchy will keep you updated, of course!
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