Twitter check: Ronaldo loses verified status, LeBron James remains
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Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce, Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates and Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo losing their verified statuses.
Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce, Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates and Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo losing their verified statuses.
Pope Francis, who lost the blue tick earlier on Thursday, was later given the grey verification checkmark by Twitter.
Some personalities such as basketball star LeBron James and author Stephen King still had their checkmarks.
"The Shining" author King, who has previously called Musk a terrible fit for Twitter, tweeted: "My Twitter account says I've subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven't. My Twitter account says I've given a phone number. I haven't."
Musk tweeted back to him: "You're welcome namaste," with a hands folded emoji.
The Verge reported that James, who has previously said he would not pay for verification, had not paid to keep the checkmark.
Musk tweeted separately: "I'm paying for a few personally." and later tweeted "Just Shatner, LeBron and King," referring to Star Trek actor William Shatner, who had last month complained about being forced to pay to keep his blue checkmark.
