New Delhi: Elon Musk’s Twitter removed the blue ticks from many accounts, which made the headlines as celebrities and personalities from various fields lost the verification mark on the microblogging site. Actors from Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan to sports persons Virat Kohli, Cristiano Ronaldo and others lost their blue ticks. However, Twitter has now restored the blue tick of users with over a million followers.
As per the report by Rolling Stone, the microblogging platform gave the verification mark to personalities with over one million followers. Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Virat Kohli and others got their blue tick back.
While there was a meme fest and hilarious reactions by celebs on blue tick is removed, the latest update of verification restoration was also received with some funny remarks. Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan, who complained to Musk about taking away his blue tick, thanked him in a unique way.
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ए Musk भैया ! बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद देत हैं हम आपका !
उ , नील कमल ✔️ लग गवा हमार नाम के आगे !
अब का बताई भैया ! ?
गाना गये का मन करत है हमार !
सनबो का ?
इ लेओ सुना :
“तू चीज़ बड़ी है musk musk … तू चीज़ बड़ी है, musk ” ?— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 21, 2023
Actor Priyanka Chopra wrote that she is Priyanka again while former cricketer Aakash Chopra wrote that his blue tick was restored despite him paying for it.
Woah! Dunno how but the blue tick is back. I’m Priyanka again! ?
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) April 23, 2023
But I haven’t paid for the blue tick ? Aisa lag raha hai—aana Jana laga rahega ??
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 23, 2023
A fan page of actor Nayanthara also got the blue tick.
“BLUE TICK” Verified ✨ pic.twitter.com/CK0zmP1BwV
— Nayanthara✨ (@NayantharaU) April 23, 2023
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah asked CEO Elon Musk if he is paying for his blue tick.
Apparently I’ve paid for Twitter Blue & given them a phone number to verify except that I haven’t. Mr Musk are you paying for mine as well? ?
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) April 23, 2023
Earlier, Twitter launched of paid subscription service Twitter Blue, for people to subscribe to get the verification mark next to their profile. The step was not received well and many celebs refused to subscribe to the service. Elon Musk made a statement where he said that he will pay for the Twitter Blue subscription for basketball star LeBron James, actor William Shatner and author Stephen King.
