‘My Pillow Guy’, Mike Lindell, has been kicked off Twitter yet again after he tried to rejoin despite his ban.
Now, Mike Lindell rose to fame through one thing and one thing only…
And that’s MyPillow.
MyPillow is a pillow manufacturing company based in Chaska, Minnesota…
And it was founded in 2009 by none other than Lindell, who invented and patented the unique open-cell, poly-foam pillow design.
MyPillow well and truly turned Lindell’s life around…
Because when he first started to build his empire in 2004, his marriage was falling apart and he was severely addicted to drugs.
Speaking to CNBC, Lindell recalled a time when he’d been awake from using drugs for an entire 2 weeks and after his dealer took a shocking photograph of him, he knew something needed to change.
On January 16th, 2009, “I had one prayer that night,” he said.
“God, I want to wake up in the morning and never have the desire [to use drugs] again. I woke up the next day — and you’ve got to realize this is years of addiction — I go, ‘Wow, something’s different.'”
Lindell has been sober ever since…
And of course, sobriety has done wonders for both his business and personal life.
Last year, it was believed that Lindell had a net worth of $300 million…
And he now has a following larger than ever.
But that’s not to say that the MyPillow CEO doesn’t have his controversies.
For example – Lindell previously promoted the toxic plant extract oleandrin as a cure for COVID-19, saying, “This thing works… it’s the miracle of all time.”
FYI, this wasn’t a cure for COVID-19 and this was nothing but fake news Lindell was fuelling and spreading around.
Oh, and how could we forget…
Lindell is notoriously right-wing and enjoys reminding his fans that he’s a huge supporter of the former POTUS, Donald Trump.
He has always made his fierce support for Trump known…
And he has even sold his pillows through aggressive pro-Trump marketing campaigns, offering discounts with code words inspired by Trump and the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Not only that, but Lindell has spread many baseless claims about the 2020 election…
At one point, he even made claims of voted fraud.
So as you can see, you don’t get more “Trump supporter” than Mike Lindell.
And now, Lindell has hit the headlines again…
This time for his attempt to slide past his Twitter ban and create a new account.
According to the Huffington Post, Lindell was banned from Twitter last year after spreading conspiracy theories.
The outlet reports that Lindell took to social media at the time to spread both conspiracy theories and lies about the 2020 presidential election in which Trump lost.
But on Sunday, Lindell attempted to return to the platform.
It comes after Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion just days before and had discussed protecting free speech on the platform.
Insider reports that Lindell announced his Twitter comeback writing: “Hello everybody, I’M BACK ON TWITTER. My only account is @MikeJLindell! Please RT and FOLLOW to SPREAD THE WORD.”
Attached to the tweet was a video of Lindell confirming the account was his.
“All those other ones are fake accounts and they’ve been using my name out there, so we started this account,” he said in the video, the outlet reports.
“Please share with everybody you know, let everybody you know, so we can get the word out at Twitter in case they do take it down. Thanks a lot for helping out.”
But, Lindell’s time on the platform was very short lived…
Just hours later Lindell’s account was suspended.
Speaking with Insider about the ban Lindell said it was a “shame.”
He also said: “We need to melt down the voting machines and turn them into prison bars.”
What do you think about Lindell’s attempt to return to the platform?