Twitter has started getting rid of legacy blue checks for those who don’t pay up. Well, unless you’re LeBron James.
The Verge has confirmed that an employee at Twitter emailed James, who has previously said he wouldn’t pay for verification, to “extend a complimentary subscription to Twitter Blue for your account, @kingjames, on behalf of Elon Musk.”
We contacted James’ longtime media advisor, Adam Mendelsohn, who confirmed that James hasn’t paid to be verified. However, after we first published this information, Musk said that he’s paying for “a few” subscriptions “personally.”
I’m paying for a few personally
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
James has perhaps been the most famous hater of paid verification on Twitter,…
