Elon Musk said he’s personally paying the legacy blue checkmarks for a few celebrities who previously complained about buying the premium service championed by the new Twitter owner.
On April 20, Musk kept true to his longtime promise, and celebrities, and many others who’d been verified for free but declined to sign up for Twitter’s Blue subscription plan, began losing their legacy status.
However, Musk confirmed that he’s paying for the accounts of William Shatner, LeBron James, and Stephen King out of his own pocket to keep their checkmark.
“I’m paying for a few personally,” the Twitter CEO wrote in a tweet….