Celebs, Journalists Furious That Musk Gave Them Their Blue Check Back: "Without My Consent"

[Turd Fergusen]

Liberal celebrities and journalists complained after Twitter CEO Elon Musk restored blue check marks to their Twitter profiles without requiring them to pay for verification.

To have a verified account on the social media platform now users must pay $8 a month. Despite the new policy, Musk started restoring the badges to several accounts with over one million followers over the weekend and revealed he's "personally paying" for some accounts to retain their verified status.

However, for many on the left, not having a blue check mark next to their Twitter profile became a sign of their resistance to Musk and his overhaul of Twitter.

After finding out they received their check marks back, several outraged liberal celebrities and media personalities defended themselves.

"Just for the record, I have not subscribed to Twitter, blue, nor will I ever. Dear Elon: Creepy people do creepy things. Best regards, Ron," wrote "Hellboy" actor Ron Perlman.

"Yes, Elon gave me back my blue check but I didn’t pay for it. Does that make me a good guy or a bad guy? I’m so confused," Bette Midler also grumbled. The "Hocus Pocus" actress had complained last week over losing her blue check.

"So far only 400 people have signed on to get their checks back. Guess #Twitter’s going thru an ‘unscheduled disassembly’, too," she added, referencing a malfunction during a recent rocket launch test conducted by Musk's aerospace company SpaceX.

"X-Men" and "Lord of the Rings" actor Ian McKellen let his fans know he wasn't happy about it either.

"Despite the implication when you click the blue badge that has mysteriously re-appeared beside my name, I am not paying for the ‘honour,’" he announced.

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, liberal podcast host Kara Swisher and MSNBC executive producer Kyle Griffin wanted their followers to know they had "nothing to do" with getting their check marks back.

"So my blue check has reappeared. I had nothing to do with that, and am definitely not paying," Krugman tweeted. Afterwards, Musk replied with a toddler crying meme.

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Liberal celebs, journalists furious that Musk gave them their blue check back: 'Without my consent'

Liberal journalists, celebrities and activists were furious after Elon Musk gave them their blue checks back without having to pay $8 a month for the verified status.

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[knockout]

Liberal celebrities are unbearable, self centered, noisy, blow hards, think many pay paparazzi to follow them

 

[Metalfan]

Meanwhile real people's lives continue to March forward! Fuck you,ENTERTAIN or STFU.Im going to throw musicians into the mix as well,no one cares what they think either!

 

[cubby]

WTF cares?!!!

If it bothers you so much why don't you disable your account? Won't go that far tho would ya?

TikTok and Instagram is usually something idiotic, like some dumb kid discovering matches: Hey guys!!!! Hey guys!!! I just found out if you rub these little sticks with red on the top of them against the side of the box they come in, they'll magically catch on fire!!!!! WHO KNEW????!!!!

 

[Sejanus]

I continue to be happy to be gone by my own hand from the twitterverse.

I am curious though if this comes under the heading of unethical gift giving?
Have been reading a lot of stuff on this and it kind of smells like it might be. Particularly if it was unwanted by the recipients and is being used to promote the business.

 

[Turd Fergusen]

Yeah, he could run afoul of the FCC possibly. But did original blue check mark people "consent" to being verified?? Or did they just blindly go through the process?