Telstra's attempts to cover up the fact that it tried to silence Fake Stephen Conroy have backfired spectacularly.

The Telstra employee who created the satirical Twitter profile has told his bosses not to "throw me under the f---ing bus just to make Telstra look social-media savvy".

After it was revealed that the popular Twitter profile impersonating Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was written by senior Telstra employee Leslie Nassar, the postings stopped. Nassar refused to speak to media, saying he was told to direct all comment requests to Telstra's public relations unit.