SA Celebs React to Losing Their Twitter Verification Badges

SA Celebs React to Losing Their Twitter Verification Badges. It’s a hectic day on the Twitter streets. The new boss Elon Musk wants users to start paying a subscription for having a verification badge. It started off as he was joking, but now its as real as it gets.

Now celebrities, government officials and other notable users all over that choose not to pay $8 per month for Twitter Blue, have lost the familiar check next to their names on the app. Musk has only paid for a few celebrities, and that includes Basketball star, LeBron James and author Stephen King. As for other prominent users like, Ciara, Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez, JK Rowling,Pope Francis, Rihanna, Bill Gates, Donald Trump and many more, their accounts are no longer verified.

Even here in South Africa A-list celebs have joined the rest of tweeps without blue ticks. The likes of Thando Thabethe, Sizwe Dhlomo, Anele Mdoda, Robert Marawa, Mo Flava, Lerato Kganyago, Ayanda Thabethe, Lady Zamar, Thandiswa Mazwai, Moshe Ndiki, Kgomotso Christopher, Penny Lebyane, Mohale Motaung, Redi Tlhabi, Phil Mphela and so many others. Almost all of them are unfazed by what just happened and they have vowed that they won’t be paying for any verification badge. We remain to see though!

Check out how some of them reacted to walking up with no blue tick by their names.

https://twitter.com/SizweDhlomo/status/1649230532704608256?s=20

Guys I’m a bit slow can someone explain this verification badge being taken away and what blue Twitter is . Lamen terms please .

— Moshe Ndiki (@MosheNdiki) April 21, 2023

Imagine paying for re-verification 🤣 https://t.co/Yvs1N0g7rH

— Thando Thabethe (@Thando_Thabethe) April 20, 2023

I'm seeing all these messages about this Blue Tick story. Letsetse le bo putswa. Bona, Elon must understand that we have more important issues to worry about mohae. And frankly, we've exhausted our "Yhos" in the past few weeks🤣. Twirling into No Blue Tick life, ha monate jwang🤣 pic.twitter.com/wE3D9eaQ0c

— Kgomotso Christopher (@kgchristopher) April 20, 2023

The people who bought blue ticks have a lot to say, trolling who has who doesn’t. They are trying to guilt trip people to subscribe with their own money? Do they realize that no one really cares actually also it really makes no difference.🤷🏾‍♀️

— PennyLebyane💚PennyLebyaneDotAfrica (@PennyLebyane) April 21, 2023

Buy your verifications in peace and leave us alone.

Your money, and if having twitter blue serves your life better, then good on you.

DO YOU!

— Kgopolo (@PhilMphela) April 21, 2023

Blue tick wasn't cool anyway. It was too DA colour friendly.

— Portia Gumede (@portiagumedesa) April 20, 2023

Twitter done blue ticked me for real 😭😭😂😂

— MoFlava (@moflavadj) April 21, 2023

DJ Euphonik, who still has his badge has a message for them though. The musician and entrepreneur urged them to pa Twitter and stop plaing themselves.

Just pay for Twitter and stop playing yourself 🤣

— Euphonik™♛ (@euphonik) April 20, 2023