It sounds like an opening to a bad joke: What do an L.A. Lakers star forward, a famous horror novelist, and the original James T. Kirk have in common?
They’re each being carried by Twitter CEO Elon Musk for $8 per month, each.
Musk said in three separate tweets Thursday that he was paying for the three celebrities to keep their “Twitter Blue” checks himself.
I’m paying for a few personally
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
You’re welcome namaste ?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
Elon Musk reveals he is ‘personally paying’ the Twitter Blue subscriptions of some celebrities to keep their checkmark, such as Lebron James and Stephen King. pic.twitter.com/ulLvwOyLIn
— Pop Base (@PopBase) April 20, 2023
Why Musk has decided that LeBron James, Stephen King and William Shatner all deserve this special treatment was unknown.
Musk announced that he was doing it, but didn’t say why. He can afford it, of course, as he’s currently believed to have a net worth in the neighborhood of $175 billion dollars, according to Forbes.
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