Musk paid for a Twitter Blue subscription for LeBron James, Stephen King and William Shatner

The introduction of paid verification on Twitter, apparently, did not go entirely according to plan. Many stars refused

pay for a Blue subscription for $8 per month, but Elon Musk did this for some of them as a gesture of goodwill.

What is known

The other day, users who verified theirTwitter accounts under the old rules began to lose the blue mark. However, basketball player LeBron James kept the blue tick despite refusing to pay for Twitter Blue. Although he is one of the main opponents of paid verification.


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The Los Angeles Lakers forward's entourage confirmed that James did not pay for Blue. As it became known, the subscription for him was paid by Elon Musk.

The head of Twitter confirmed that he paysTwitter Blue is for "a few" people. The number of users in question is currently unknown, but in addition to LeBron James, they include American writer Stephen King and Canadian actor William Shatner.