I don’t think he dictated to her what to Tweet in this instance, I think she responded to his Tweet independently with that performative drivel because she’s trying to scrimp for whatever small semblance of approval she can get from the Ralphamale; especially since Alice is in the picture and Meigh’s undoubtedly feeling a metaphorical noose tighten around her neck over Ethan potentially trading her in for a younger model like what he did to his last several screws. (Don’t worry, May, you can be assured that you can count on Ethan to do one thing for you no matter what: Leave you to raise Xandrina alone.)