Amitabh Bachchan Elon Musk is one of the first celebrities to respond after Twitter removed ‘blue ticks’ from verified accounts of celebrities. Big names like Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton Shahrukh Khan, Virat KohliAnd Priyanka Chopra Jonas was among the 4 lakh users who lost their Twitter blue ticks on Friday. Now, Big B has taken to his Twitter to take back his blue tick as he has already paid for it.
Amitabh Bachchan in a hilarious tweet asked Twitter and Elon Musk to put back the blue tick as he wrote in a typical desi style. His tweet read, “Ae Twitter bhaiya! Sun rahe hain? Ab to paise bhi bhar diye hain hum … to o jo neel kamal (tick) hot rahe na, hmar naam ke aage, o wapas lagai de bhaiya, take log jaan Jaye ki hum hi hain- Amitabh Bachchan .. hath to jot liye rahe hum! The tweet means, “Hey Twitter! Are you listening? Now I have paid the money too… so put back that blue tick, so that people know that it is me – Amitabh Bachchan .. have already folded hands, do I have to join the feet as well??”
Months after Twitter removed the blue tick, Elon Musk announced a date to press users to sign up for Twitter Blue, its paid subscription service. In India, one has to pay Rs 900 per month (or Rs 9,400 per year) to get Blue Verified status.
Many Bollywood celebrities like Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan; and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar And Rohit Sharma Lost Blue Tick. The list also includes several politicians like the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi,
Elon Musk has also offered complimentary Twitter Blue subscriptions to some celebrities in order to retain blue ticks. “I’m personally paying for something,” Musk said. “Just William Shatner, LeBron James and Stephen King,” he said.