Kimmel Says Losing Twitter Blue Check Is Like Losing His Virginity: ‘I’ll Just Be Happy I Didn’t Have to Pay For It’ (Video)

one of the audio recordings that came to light in a pre-trial hearing this week involved a Trump campaign official admitting that when the Secretary of State of Georgia audited Dominion voting machines, the findings came “pretty darn close” to the machines’ count, and that “there weren’t any physical issues” with them. In another recording, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, purportedly told Fox host Maria Bartiromo that he and his team had no evidence of voter fraud.

Jimmy Kimmel bid an official farewell to the COVID National Emergency on Tuesday night, and admitted it was bittersweet, because the pandemic taught him a lot. For example, it taught the late night host that the people who are “most resistant” to government mandates are the people who actually need it the most.To kick off the monologue on his namesake ABC show, Kimmel noted that it was “the dawn of a new era” now that President Biden has officially declared the COVID national emergency to be over.

Doja Cat is speaking out about what she really feels about losing her verified blue check mark on Twitter.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk has set a deadline for purging legacy blue check-marks from Twitter accounts verified under the company’s previous regime — maybe. On Tuesday, the billionaire owner of Twitter tweeted, “Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20.” Musk is notorious for his love of memes and jokes, including those involving 420 (i.e., the unofficial day/time for toking up). So it’s not fully clear if April 20 is actually the cutoff date for revoking verification from accounts unless they’ve signed up for a Twitter Blue subscription. Twitter previously announced that starting April 1, it would begin removing the blue check-mark badges from legacy verified accounts — those which the company had previously deemed to be notable and/or authentic — unless users have signed up for the Twitter Blue subscription service, which starts at $8 per month. That doesn’t appear to have begun in a widespread way at this point.

Mediaite.Twitter has similarly blocked would-be rivals like Mastodon from sharing live links on the platform. But Substack is the home of hundreds of influential writers who need platforms like Twitter and Facebook to share it beyond their subscription bases.Taibbi said in a Substack chat that Twitter is now “unusable” for him, and that Musk did not respond to his questions about the move, Mashable’s Matt Binder reported.

Chris McKay returns to theaters for the first time since 2017’s “The LEGO Batman Movie” with “Renfield” on April 14. And even though McKay directed “The Tomorrow War” in between, most movie fans still associate the director with his 2017 animated jaunt that features Will Arnett as the Caped Crusader.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter had pledged to remove the blue ticks from all legacy accounts on April 1, but it appears few have met that fate.

Twitter's legacy blue checkmarks remain in place, despite the platform committing to remove them on April 1.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Twitter had said it was going to start removing the blue check-marks of legacy verified users starting April 1, so that only people who paid Elon Musk’s company $8 or $11 per month would have the badge going forward. On Sunday, Twitter did something different: It updated the language in the description of verified users so that now you can’t tell who is paying Musk for the blue check-mark — and who isn’t. The text for both Twitter Blue subscribers and legacy verified accounts now reads, “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account.” Previously, the verification badge for those who paid for Twitter Blue had a description that said, “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue.” In addition, accounts verified under Twitter’s previous regime — as being considered notable and authentic — had formerly said, “This is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be notable,” which was wording Musk boasted he’d come up with himself.

promised, and one of its first targets has puzzled Twitterverse.The Twitter account for The New York Times lost its verification early Sunday, days after the legacy newspaper said it refused to pay the monthly $8 subscription to “Twitter Blue.”“We aren’t planning to pay the monthly fee for verification of our institutional Twitter accounts,” a spokesperson for The New York Times told CNN’s Oliver Darcy. “We also will not reimburse reporters for the verification of personal accounts” with the sole exception of “rare instances where verified status would be essential for reporting purposes.”With the organization’s blue check mark noticeably becoming one of the first “legacy” verified accounts to disappear, reactions of dismay poured in, with one user commenting, “the tidal wave of disinformation here in the coming months is going to be massive.”Another user pointed out that organization’s loss of Twitter Blue status only harms Twitter in the long run, saying “it’s the first big step in stripping away the true value of this social media platform – trusting and knowing something is real without having to spend time investigating.”All eyes were on Musk, who some users believe retaliated against the NY Times by taking their blue check after he insulted the news organization on Twitter late Saturday.

sticks to his announcement from earlier this month, then at some point on April 1 — which on the west coast, as of this writing begins in approximately 45 minutes — Twitter’s account verification system will end; at that point, all so-called “legacy” verified accounts will lose their blue checkmarks, and only people willing to pay $8 a month for a subscription to Twitter Blue will get to have them.But as we’ve seen all week, the plan to convert “legacy” verified account holders into paid subscribers doesn’t appear, so far, to be a rollicking success. Case in point, Musk’s apparent social media rival, President Joe Biden.

Elon Musk announced earlier this month, all “legacy” verified accounts will lose their blue check. Henceforth, only people who pay $8 a month to subscribe to “Twitter Blue” will receive one.This change also comes with further inconveniences for previously verified users who won’t sign up.

laimed the New York District Attorney was going to arrest him — and yep, that still hasn’t happened. And on Wednesday Jimmy Kimmel seemed a bit impatient with the whole thing, pointing out during his monologue that the grand jury investigating Trump is now taking a frustrating two-week hiatus.

His doppelgänger! Jimmy Kimmel enjoyed boys’ night out with his look-alike son Kevin Kimmel — and the twosome had fans seeing double.  

Elon Musk has defended his Twitter subscription plan after it was criticised by Star Trek actor William Shatner.After acquiring the social media platform in late 2022, the billionaire introduced Twitter Blue, a service that allows anyone to purchase a blue tick/verified account for a monthly subscription fee.Previously, blue ticks were typically given to notable accounts, such as high-profile figures, celebrities, major companies, politicians and members of the media.However, as part of his new plan, Musk has warned that these “legacy accounts” – those who received blue ticks before his takeover – will lose their verified status unless they pay the monthly subscription fee.“Hey @elonmusk, what’s this about blue checks going away unless we pay Twitter?” Shatner tweeted Musk on Saturday (March 25).“I’ve been here for 15 years giving my [time] & witty thoughts all for bupkis. Now you’re telling me that I have to pay for something you gave me for free? What is this-the Colombia Records & Tape Club?”In defence of his new program, Musk wrote: “It’s more about treating everyone equally.