Billionaire NBA Star Lebron James Refuses to Pay $8 Monthly Twitter Blue Check Fees

Billionaire NBA star LeBron James has announced that he is refusing to pay $8 per month to maintain his blue check on Twitter.

This announcement comes after Twitter announced that it will remove all blue checks from accounts that have not paid the $8 monthly fee to retain the verified status.

On Friday, James told his fans that his Twitter blue check would soon be gone.

The basketball player is far from the only super-rich member of the entertainment industry elite who is refusing to pay $8 a month for their blue check.

This week, Seinfeld star Jason Alexander, who has a net worth of $50 million, also expressed his disappointment with the $8 fee on Twitter.

Horror author Stephen King and William Shatner, among others, have also complained about having to pay the fee to maintain their verification.

Twitter’s $7-a-month verified blue check also allows users to post longer videos, longer tweets and soon blue-check users will see their posts “rocketing to the top of replies, mentions, and search”. The fee also enables editing of posted tweets, and their followers see only half the number of ads others see. However, some users still refuse to pay the fee.

With Lebron’s close association with China, one might wonder if he would prefer a red check instead of a blue one?

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