Elon Musk's Attempt To Troll LeBron James, Stephen King Doesn't Go Well

Twitter CEO Elon Musk confronted mockery after he boasted about paying from his personal pocket for NBA celebrity LeBron James, horror creator Stephen King and “Star Trek” legend William Shatner to be verified on his social media platform.

James, King and Shatner had all publicly rejected the thought of signing up for the web site’s new Twitter Blue verification service, which for $8 a month offers a blue verify mark subsequent to subscribers’ names. It replaces the free tick system for public figures that the platform axed on Thursday.

King realized one thing was afoot late Thursday, as different customers’ blue verify marks started to fade however his remained in place.

“My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t. My Twitter account says I’ve given a cellphone quantity. I haven’t,” King tweeted.

Musk copped to the rationale. “You’re welcome namaste,” he replied to King.

Musk later admitted to additionally protecting the associated fee of Shatner and James’ subscriptions.

Critics interpreted the stunt as an tried troll by Musk, however many agreed it had gone awry.

this has all of the flop-sweat vitality of a child bribing his classmates with sweet in order that they’ll come to his party pic.twitter.com/D6Uo1W6OrV

— andi zeisler (@andizeisler) April 20, 2023

elon's auto-subscribing celebs like stephen king, lebron james and taylor swift to twitter blue to make it look like they're down along with his dumb charade https://t.co/942CXHrspG

— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) April 20, 2023

He actually is the pettiest man alive... It is so apparent, he saved the blue tick seen (nonetheless are verified) for a choose few who have been vocal of their opposition to paid verification & then sought them out for his or her responses.

Musk is such a dork & his fanboys are not any higher!!! pic.twitter.com/K5MUpLqZ9B

— Podge Quinn ᚚᚐᚇᚏᚐᚔᚌ 🇮🇪 (@podgequinn) April 21, 2023

It seems that Elon Musk has determined to personally intervene to supply blue checks to Stephen King and LeBron James, falsely saying they paid for Twitter Blue, as a result of every made excessive profile tweets saying they positively wouldn’t pay for it. Billionaire manchild. https://t.co/C6B5QdJvaT

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 20, 2023

There are solely 3 individuals left who're verified in opposition to their will: William Shatner, Lebron James, and Stephen King.

I would WATCH THE SHIT out of a film through which our three heroes band collectively to storm twitter HQ to de-checkmark. Last boss battle with Elon could be epic.

— John Inexperienced (@sportswithjohn) April 21, 2023

the truth that Elon is forcing individuals like Lebron & Stephen King to have a blue checkmark they’re not paying for as a *punishment* tells you all that you must learn about its worth 😭

— LeGate🤠 (@williamlegate) April 21, 2023

William Shatner criticized Elon Musk over paid verification final month after which randomly thanked him for one thing imprecise and unspecified yesterday

now he’s bought a Twitter Blue verification badge lol pic.twitter.com/VLGPXK8Sw1

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) April 20, 2023

Elon Musk is now issuing Blue Checkmarks to celebrities without spending a dime, as a result of he is embarassed they are not paying for it.

To date he is at Stephen King, Lebron James, and Grimes.

I am struggling to see the "brilliance" of a person that appears to be commit one fuck-up after one other. 🤷♀️

— Dennis, VerÌfied Ninja🥷 (@NinjaSwingSword) April 21, 2023

>stephen king will not purchase your service
>attempt negotiating him all the way down to $8
>he nonetheless will not purchase it
>purchase it for him

artwork of the deal pic.twitter.com/7oDRmR4aZE

— R🔅x (Solar Cult Member) 🍾🌸🏳️🌈 (@Staroxvia) April 20, 2023

Elon Musk won't ever beat Stephen King as a result of Stephen King, at his core, is only a random previous dad from Maine, and no demographic has ever given much less of a crap than random previous dads from Maine

— The 🇺🇦 Masked 🇺🇦 Maine 🇺🇦 Millennial 🇺🇦 (@MaineMillennial) April 21, 2023

Musk is pretending that celebrities like Stephen King and LeBron James, who mentioned they might not pay for Twitter, are paying for Twitter, bought known as on it, and admitted he's paying their charges.
Really feel like they need to be labeled "Musk funded media" pic.twitter.com/2xFbEqWpLz

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) April 20, 2023

Elon is trolling you. No query.

— tweet4all2C (@tweet4all2c) April 20, 2023