Celebrities Torch Twitter As They Lose Their Legacy Blue Check Marks
Celebrities bid farewell to their legacy blue check marks on Twitter and vowed to continue “tweeting unbothered” without them following the social platform’s announcement that it would do away with the icons.
The company said Wednesday that it would strike “legacy verified” check marks from users’ pages on Thursday and implored people to pay $8 a month to keep their check marks.
Halle Berry was among those who poked fun at the plans, tweeting that she’d be “joining you all tomorrow unverified 🥰” alongside a clip of her appearance on “The Tonight Show” from 1998.
Me joining you all tomorrow unverified 🥰 https://t.co/ujDlcsV8aLpic.twitter.com/1p6Q0uRuj1
— Halle Berry (@halleberry) April 20, 2023
“Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson also mocked Twitter and said she “just wanted to stay” on the platform to give updates about her Emmy and Golden Globe-winning show.
“This really works out for me because I was plan[n]ing on never using this website again after tonight, anyway,” she wrote on Wednesday.
This really works out for me because I was planing on never using this website again after tonight, anyway. Just wanted to stay to give Abbott updates :)
By the way, Thanks to our fans here for watching and sharing all season ❤️ I will be like this tomorrow though https://t.co/hEZHvdEH3qpic.twitter.com/Xo6Zk5VUn2— quinta brunson (@quintabrunson) April 19, 2023
Kerry Washington responded with a shrugging GIF.
https://t.co/xZ0jzZ4XnZpic.twitter.com/XrOI3VjsoD
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) April 20, 2023
“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill asked followers to screenshot a blue check mark emoji “in case it’s not there” on Thursday.
Screenshot this in case it's not there tomorrow: ☑️
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) April 19, 2023
Twitter CEO Elon Musk previously teased that the platform would be removing blue check marks starting April 1. Some legacy verified accounts still had check marks next to them as of early Thursday.
Other celebrity reactions are below:
Me, tweeting unbothered even when I’m no longer verified 💁🏽♀️ pic.twitter.com/ltfZjb5Tad
— Robin Thede (@robinthede) April 20, 2023
Bite me https://t.co/Pqjs2GPZGV
— valerie bertinelli (@Wolfiesmom) April 20, 2023
as lucy gray baird once said, “nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.” https://t.co/Otj0cP22wQ
— rachel zegler (she/her/hers) (@rachelzegler) April 19, 2023
It is amazing how within a few months Elon Musk turned the blue check mark from a “status symbol” to “THIS MF’ER PAID FOR TWITTER”. It has become an object of utter mockery.
Quite a remarkable achievement really. https://t.co/3jLAILUN5U— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) April 20, 2023
I say this as a long-time verified account who got hacked several months ago and JUST got my verified account back: suck it. https://t.co/dEJa21qTML
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) April 19, 2023
Thank you for this! I know some people are upset about losing their verification but it’s about to become much easier to know who to block.
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) April 19, 2023
Nah.
— roxane gay (@rgay) April 19, 2023
Could you maybe delete the app from my phone, too, and also throw the phone in a river? https://t.co/pIxNkvZLuX
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) April 20, 2023
getting ready to tweet without my check mark https://t.co/dFolfGkGoVpic.twitter.com/t0uHSirJXN
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) April 19, 2023
they can’t do this to me… https://t.co/Q3Z4K0hzLhpic.twitter.com/ve349kxWR8
— Jenn McAllister (@jennmcallister) April 19, 2023