Kathy Griffin: Comedian uses dead mother’s Twitter account to troll Elon Musk

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kathy Griffin has trolled Elon Musk by returning to Twitter via her dead mother’s account after being suspended. Griffin’s account was soon removed, with Musk writing: “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended.” However, Musk soon received a tweet from the account Griffin’s mother Maggie used before her death, which had not been active since 2019. When another Twitter user wrote that Griffin had been suspended for impersonating Musk, the new owner himself stepped in and replied: “Actually, she was suspended for impersonating a comedian.” Griffin highlighted that many of Musk’s fans had already been making that joke, and he was “stealing” it. This is KG btw.” Kathy Griffin mocks Elon Musk for ‘stealing’ other the same joke shared by other Twitter users Musk added that the comedian can have her original account back if she pays a fee of $8.