On Thursday, Twitter began removing blue checks which once used to signify a verified account as owner Elon Musk decided to sell the blue badge to anyone who would pay the monthly $8 for it.
which once used to signify a verified account as owner Elon Musk decided to sell the blue badge to anyone who would pay the monthly $8 for it.But it wasn't just journalists who saw their blue check vanish. Plenty celebrities were included in the mass removal.
Several of them reacted to the Twitter move, including our very own Lea Salonga who noted that her "blue checkmark is gone."Awwww, my blue checkmark is gone. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted!Halle Berry meanwhile has been anticipating the day of her blue check mark removal. A day ahead, she posted an old clip of her waving to a late night talk show crowd. "Me joining you all tomorrow unverified," she said.
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