Did Elon Musk approve Chris Excel’s Twitter account?

The social media spat between Twitter troll Chris Excel and influencer Bianca Coster continues to make headlines. However, the former has now made a bold, and likely untrue, claim involving Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

The “catfish account” has been using unauthorised images of the young woman since its account was created in 2020. But Bianca has claimed Chris’s actions have tarnished her reputation.

In an interview on podcast The Black Pen this week, Bianca also claims the tweep’s impersonation of her led her to seek therapy.

The Twitter “celebrity” – with over 1,6 million followers – has since refused to remove images of Bianca from his profile. He also claims to have done nothing wrong.

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CHRIS EXCEL: ELON HAS SPOKEN

During her interview with Penuel, Bianca Coster chatted about being “cyberbullied” by Chris Excel’s catfish account, as well as his followers. She even revealed that the social media frenzy led her to seek therapy over her fragile mental state.

On Twitter, Chris clapped back at the criticism. He shared: “Chris Excel is a brand, and it’s not affiliated with any person. Not even a single tweet came forward saying Chris is a female.

He added: “This is a brand that stands with black men and brothers. It’s been reported many times, and it’s still standing”.

Let’s get this straight.

Chris Excel is a brand and it’s not affiliated with any person

Not even single tweet that came forward saying Chris is a female.

This is a brand that stands with black men and brothers.

It’s been reported many times and it’s still standing.

— ChrisExcel (@ChrisExcel102) April 24, 2023

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Chris even produced a suspicious screenshot of what he claims was a direct message from Twitter. The message read: “We’ve received multiple reports about your account.

“After investigating and reviewing your account, we didn’t find anything that violates Twitter policies”.

Chriscaptioned the message: “Elon Musk has spoken”.

Elon Musk has spoken.. ivaleni bafana!! 😭 pic.twitter.com/0sDZEam7tq

— ChrisExcel (@ChrisExcel102) April 26, 2023

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‘THIS BULLY’

Ahead of her podcast interview, Bianca Coster shared an Instagram post of how her life had been affected by Chris Excel’s actions.

Bianca posted: “Over the past few years I’ve been ridiculed, insulted & just downright tormented because of the Chris Excel account on Twitter.

“I chose to keep silent & never to address it formally in hopes that this frenzy would eventually die out. This silence has been misconstrued as a lot of things most annoyingly being that I am in compliance with this bully.

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“Despite my fears of backlash from his unruly supporters I finally decided to take a stand against this person publicly & to allow for people to get to know in essence the real ME”.

Bianca Coster claimed Chris’s cyberbullying had humiliated both her and her family.

She continued: “Constantly having to validate my innocence & disassociation with the account.

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“Before there was Chris Excel there was me. A person in the flesh with dreams, goals & a full life to live. It’s my turn to tell my story, and hopefully that brings awareness towards cyberbullying.”

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Watch Bianca Coster’s full interview on The Black Pen below…