diff --git a/src/Factory/Api/Twitter/User.php b/src/Factory/Api/Twitter/User.php
index 71721f143b..8ffe07f10e 100644
--- a/src/Factory/Api/Twitter/User.php
+++ b/src/Factory/Api/Twitter/User.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class User extends BaseFactory
 				['author-id' => $publicContact['id'], 'gravity' => [Item::GRAVITY_COMMENT, Item::GRAVITY_PARENT], 'private'  => [Item::PUBLIC, Item::UNLISTED]],
 				['order' => ['uri-id' => true]]);
 			if (!empty($post['uri-id'])) {
-				$status = $this->status->createFromUriId($post['uri-id'], $uid)->toArray();
+				$status = $this->status->createFromUriId($post['uri-id'], $uid);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Object/Api/Twitter/User.php b/src/Object/Api/Twitter/User.php
index 7a3a2b4622..151a968bff 100644
--- a/src/Object/Api/Twitter/User.php
+++ b/src/Object/Api/Twitter/User.php
@@ -117,12 +117,11 @@ class User extends BaseDataTransferObject
 	 * @param array $publicContact         Full contact table record with uid = 0
 	 * @param array $apcontact             Optional full apcontact table record
 	 * @param array $userContact           Optional full contact table record with uid != 0
-	 * @param array $status
 	 * @param bool  $include_user_entities Whether to add the entities property
 	 *
 	 * @throws InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $publicContact, array $apcontact = [], array $userContact = [], ?array $status = null, bool $include_user_entities = true)
+	public function __construct(array $publicContact, array $apcontact = [], array $userContact = [], ?Status $status = null, bool $include_user_entities = true)
 	{
 		$uid = $userContact['uid'] ?? 0;
 
@@ -156,10 +155,10 @@ class User extends BaseDataTransferObject
 		$this->default_profile         = false;
 		$this->default_profile_image   = false;
 
-		if (is_array($status)) {
-			$this->status = $status;
-		} else {
+		if ($status === null) {
 			unset($this->status);
+		} else {
+			$this->status = $status->toArray();
 		}
 
 		//  Unused optional fields