Celebs outraged after losing Twitter blue checks

Twitter’s blue check deadline has created a twitter meltdown from some mainstream journalists and celebs after the deadline passed to pay up.

Celebs outraged after losing Twitter blue checks

On Thursday, Bette Midler called Elon Musk a “pathetic douche” while ranting about losing her blue checkmark on Twitter.

“Elon, deciding that I’m not me,” Midler said. 

“I’m a fake, & obliging ME, who has contributed mightily to your platform, (at least until you “tweaked the algorithm & tanked my metrics”) to pay monthly,” she said.

“Because you don’t have enough money & you’re humiliated b/c everyone thinks you’re a pathetic douche, is the funniest thing you’ve ever done.  Let that sink in. Sorry to hear about your rocket.”

On Thursday (4/20), Musk’s Twitter policy that required $10/month subscriptions came fully into effect. 

The deadline followed a grace period given to accounts that previously had blue checks on Twitter but hadn’t yet signed up to pay $8 US a month.

The development seems to have left not just stars and left-leaning celebs in a fit of rage, but journalists, too. 

One alleged Journalist, though it appears potential parody, compared Musk’s new Twitter Blue Policy as equal to what Hitler’s Nazi party did to journalists.

Musk also mentioned that he’s personally paying for the NBA’s Lebron James and Author Steven King’s subscriptions so that their profiles keep their blue checks. 

King in particular appears shaken by Musk’s gesture.

“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.”

On top of the new blue check policy, Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently made the platform’s algorithm open source, signaling a major win for free speech enthusiasts. 

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