Actors say they were locked out of their Twitter accounts after impersonating Elon Musk on the platform

Sarah Silverman, Kathy Griffin, Rich Sommer were among the actors who said they were suspended from Twitter.Dia Dipasupil/Michael Kovac/Getty Images/Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO Max

• Several actors said they were locked out of Twitter accounts after impersonating Elon Musk.
• They changed their picture and display name to match Musk's, and impersonated him in their tweets.

Multiple actors have said their Twitter accounts were suspended after they changed their names to Elon Musk and impersonated him.

After buying the platform for $44 billion, Musk said that "comedy is now legal on Twitter."

Nine days later, Musk said Twitter would permanently suspend accounts that impersonated another person if the owner failed to clarify their account was a parody.

As a consequence, the following actors and celebrities who tried to impersonate Musk on the site said they had their Twitter accounts locked.