Slay does not currently have a blue checkmark on his profile. James, 38, wasn’t the only athlete to dislike the idea, as Eagles’ cornerback Darius Slay jumped into the conversation saying “They can have my blue check fans might tag the wrong name when someone catch a ball on me!! [laughing crying emoji.” Since the beginning of the month, Twitter has been “winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks,” a move that the company announced in late March. LeBron James is subscribed to Twitter Blue. “I’m paying for a few personally,” the Twitter CEO wrote. The Verge later reported that a Twitter employee emailed James and offered to have the Twitter Blue subscription priced “comped ‘on behalf of Elon Musk'” - which Musk seemed to confirm himself. James’ media advisor, Adam Mendelsohn, confirmed to The Verge that James has not paid the monthly fee, however. The badge on his account displays the platform description of “this account is verified because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number.” The day before the program was launched on April 1, the Lakers star and four-time NBA Finals MVP tweeted “Welp guess my blue will be gone soon cause if you know me i ain’t paying the 5” followed by a shrugging shoulder emoji. But his account seemingly showed otherwise on Thursday. The monthly cost starts at $8, and James tweeted he never would be caught paying for it. Twitter Blue was introduced as a “premium subscription service that elevates quality conversations,” and with the blue checkmark, users have access to select features from posting longer tweets to editing a tweet after it has already been posted. LeBron James appears to be a Twitter Blue member, despite his earlier slamming of the social media platform’s new paid service. LeBron James’ son takes Diddy’s daughter to homecoming dance LeBron James was ejected from the Los Angeles Lakers-Detroit Pistons game after drawing blood on Isaiah Stewart's face when they were tangled up while boxing out for a rebound on Sunday night. LeBron James denounces ‘terrorism’ of Hamas against Israel: ‘Unacceptable’ LeBron James bows to Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift romance Lakers great takes issue with LeBron James eating on bench

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