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Hilary Duff’s producer husband Matthew Koma has been banned from Twitter as of Tuesday after he impersonated actor Gwyneth Paltrow on the social media app.

Known for his pranks, Koma couldn’t help but joke after the recent Paltrow ski-crash trial in which the Goop founder was awarded a symbolic dollar in compensation.

The Grammy winner used Paltrow’s name and photo on his profile and began responding to tweets as the Shakespeare in Love actor. In one screenshot, he can be seen responding to a user who said, “I’ll take my dollar now,” with “Same man.”

Elon Musk has implemented a strict no-parody policy on Twitter unless the account has the word ‘parody’ in its name. Koma’s account did not follow this rule and consequently, Twitter suspended his account permanently, according to the producer.

Sharing a screenshot on Instagram, he announced the news. “Goodbye Twitter. The troll was worth it,” he said.

“Thanks for all the kind messages today,” he jokingly captioned a selfie of himself on his Instagram Stories after his suspension.

“Closure’s hard. But it’s a community like you guys that keeps me positive and looking forward to the next time I find the opportunity to impersonate a celebrity on a social media platform.”

“Big thanks Gwyneth Paltrow for the inspiration,” he added.

Actor and singer Duff, who’s married to Koma, revealed on the Kelly Clarkson Show in January that he once cut out pictures of the Jonas Brothers and put them over family photos in their house until she noticed.

“He’s a really great prankster and, honestly, some of the posts on Instagram … if you don’t follow him on Instagram, it’s quite a laugh,” Duff said.

“Sometimes his stuff is so weird it goes over my head. I’m, like, ‘I didn’t get that one,’ and then the other ones I’m, like, ‘I’m dead. You’re so funny’.”

The couple married in 2019 and has two daughters together.

Twitter and parody

This is not the first time someone has been banned from the social media app for impersonation. When Musk took over the platform, Ethan Klein of the H3 podcast was banned for parodying the Tesla founder. His account was later reinstated, according to Hola.

Another parody account with a verified blue tick mark resulted in pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly lowering their prices after the account impersonating the company posted, “We are excited to announce insulin is free now.”