The Twitter account of actress Kathy Griffin, who has sparked controversy with repeated and rather vicious attacks on Donald Trump, has been suspended after she changed her online name to “Elon Musk” and urged fans to vote Democratic in the midterm elections. term elections.

The actress also replaced her profile picture with a businessman’s before asking her subscribers to vote for the Democrats and leave Twitter for her competitor Mastodon, News.ro reports with reference to BFM TV.

“After many heated discussions with the women in my life, I’ve decided that voting Democrat is the way to go (those women are hot too, by the way),” wrote Kathy Griffin, mocking Elon Musk by mimicking the style of his tweet.

Kathy Griffin was the victim of Twitter’s new policy, Musk responded: “Going forward, Twitter accounts that use someone else’s persona without clearly stating ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended.” Any name changes will result in a temporary loss of the blue tick.”

Griffin, whose account has not yet been reinstated, however, returned to the platform using the account of his mother, Maggie Griffin. On Sunday, the actress responded to Elon Musk: “I came back from the dead to tell you to fire Katy.”

Following the announcement of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, several stars have announced their departure from the platform. “I’m not staying because of what Elon planned to do (with Twitter). Goodbye!” said Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes. Actress Amber Heard and singer Toni Braxton also deactivated their accounts.