Kathy Griffin wasn\u2019t that upset when Elon Musk suspended her from Twitter as she believes the platform was getting too hateful since his takeover. The comedian wrote a piece for Newsweek and said she feels like \u201cwe\u2019re living in an invasion of the body snatchers\u201d right now amid the rise of antisemitism in this \u201cHitler 2.0\u201d era.
\u201cI was planning to leave Twitter after the midterms because it had just gotten too \u2018Musk-y,\u2019\u201d Griffin explained.
\u201cThen, on November 6, Elon Musk suspended me from Twitter for impersonating him. I changed my account name to Elon Musk and tweeted pro-choice comments and \u2018#VoteBlueToProtectWomen.\u2019 Enough people clearly thought it was real,\u201d she continued.
Musk mocked Griffin amid the drama and said she was \u201csuspended for impersonating a comedian.\u201d
\u201cHe then tweeted a \u2018joke\u2019 about me, before deciding on November 18 that he would reinstate me with, wait for it, Jordan Peterson and Babylon Bee. He even name-checked Donald Trump in the same tweet,\u201d Griffin continued.
The Babylon Bee is a conservative satirical website that was kicked off the platform in March for a transphobic tweet about U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine. Peterson, a controversial psychologist and author, was previously banned. In the same message, Musk announced a decision had not yet been made about Trump, but he later announced the former president can return to Twitter.
\u201cMusk misspelled my name, on purpose I guess. That doesn\u2019t bother me, but please, Elon, don\u2019t put my name in the company of white supremacists like Trump,\u201d Griffin wrote in the op-ed.
The former My Life on the D-List star said she has been trying out different social media apps like Post and TikTok in recent weeks.
\u201cI was shamefully addicted to Twitter, it was hard for me not to keep checking it. But I do feel saddened, because whatever this \u2018Hitler 2.0\u2019 situation that I feel here we\u2019re dealing with, it\u2019s so pervasive,\u201d she added.
\u201cOne of the reasons I stayed on Twitter is that I know a lot of the folks followed me for the fun pop culture stuff. So I couldn\u2019t help but throw in, \u2018Let\u2019s see if we can vote for Stacey Abrams, my friends in Georgia,\u2019\u201d Griffin continued. \u201cBut I do feel like we\u2019re living in an invasion of the body snatchers over here. It\u2019s nuts.\u201d
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Griffin went on to say she\u2019s been disheartened by how female friends and #MeToo figures, Amber Heard, Monica Lewinsky and Mia Farrow, have been treated online\u2026 although Musk\u2019s Twitter takeover can\u2019t be blamed in those instances. The comedian believes \u201cthere was so much misunderstanding around their situations.\u201d
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