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Twitter CEO Elon Musk confirmed he personally pays for LeBron James, William Shatner, and Stephen King’s Twitter Blue checkmarks.

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk confirmed the reports about him personally paying for the Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James' Twitter checkmark.

LeBron James

Team:Los Angeles LakersPosition:SFAge:38Height:203 cmWeight:113 kgBirth place:Akron, United States of AmericaProfileNewsStatistics

Twitter's legacy checkmarks finally went away on Thursday, as celebrities, journalists, and other prominent figures lost the small blue badges that confirmed that they were who they said they were.

Yet many celebrities who claimed they would never pay for the service kept their badge.

On Thursday evening, Twitter CEO Elon Musk revealed the reason why: He was personally covering their subscriptions.

On Thursday, it was reported that a Twitter employee offered James a complimentary subscription to Twitter Blue for his account.

In response to the article, Musk said he was paying for some subscriptions personally. Later, he suggested he's only paying for three: James, author Stephen King, and actor William Shatner.

All three had previously complained about the paid verification plan and suggested they wouldn't pay for a subscription.

The "legacy" checkmarks reflected users who had gone through Twitter's now-suspended verification process for notable accounts. Now, the only users with a blue checkmark are those who subscribe to Twitter Blue, the social media platform's paid subscription service, and give a phone number to the platform.

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