<p>Star Trek legend William Shatner had a hilarious response Wednesday to Twitter CEO Elon Musk&#8217;s plan to charge $8 a month to those verified Twitter users with blue check marks.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/william-shatner">91-year-old</a> actor told one follower that he had zero plans to pay for &#8220;false status&#8221; on the social media platform when he already has prestige in real life.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think the $8 is to submit a complaint,&#8221; Shatner <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1587819482566770691?s=20&amp;amp;t=mQpafXNIWlTs0e2jol-ipA">tweeted</a> to his 2.5 million followers. &#8220;To answer your question if I would pay for a blue check? No.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I think the $8 is to submit a complaint.😉  <br />To answer your question if I would pay for a blue check? <br />No. <br />I don’t need to pay for false status when I have real. <br />Elon possibly thinks people would. <br />Knowing the delicate egos of people online; he’s probably right.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/noblueisbetter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#noblueisbetter</a> <a href="https://t.co/aalLLq1FV6">https://t.co/aalLLq1FV6</a></p>
<p>&mdash; William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1587819482566770691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t need to pay for false status when I have real,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;Elon possibly thinks people would. Knowing the delicate egos of people online; he&#8217;s probably right. #noblueisbetter.&#8221;</p>
<p>In another post, a person told Shatner that &#8220;it&#8217;s silly because only legitimate celebs should get the blue tick who have earned that status, not egomaniacal nobodies who think they ought to have it just [cause] they can buy it.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">You missed way back when they first came out when an editor of an online publication justified to me giving one of his employees a blue check because he did his job well. That tweet was removed right away because it went against why checks were given out in the first place.🙄 <a href="https://t.co/nphAyFyMhD">https://t.co/nphAyFyMhD</a></p>
<p>&mdash; William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1587821108983525377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;You missed way back when they first came out when an editor of an online publication justified to me giving one of his employees a blue check because he did his job well,&#8221; Shatner replied. &#8220;That tweet was removed right away because it went against why checks were given out in the first place.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Twitter’s current lords &amp; peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. </p>
<p>Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.</p>
<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587498907336118274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The comments come after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-starts-and-apparently-finishes-blue-check-fee-negotiations-with-stephen-king">Musk</a> tweeted, &#8220;Twitter&#8217;s current lords &amp; peasants system for who has or doesn&#8217;t have a blue checkmark is bulls***. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And paywall bypass for publishers willing to work with us,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This will also give Twitter a revenue stream to reward content creators.&#8221;</p>
<p>He later posted that he stole the idea of &#8220;charging for insults &amp; arguments from &#8216;Monty Python&#8217; tbh [To be honest].&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Totally stole idea of charging for insults &amp; arguments from Monty Python tbh <a href="https://t.co/oFKRyp3BS7">https://t.co/oFKRyp3BS7</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587629049635110912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Twitter speaks to the inner masochist in all of us,&#8221; Musk said in another tweet, adding &#8220;You get what you pay for.&#8221;</p>
<p>Famed author Stephen King was another celebrity and verified Twitter user who made it clear he&#8217;s not paying for that blue check mark, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-starts-and-apparently-finishes-blue-check-fee-negotiations-with-stephen-king">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-faces-widespread-backlash-over-his-new-plans-for-twitter-a-terrible-idea-on-so-many-levels">Musk Faces Widespread Backlash Over His New Plans For Twitter: &#8216;A Terrible Idea On So Many Levels&#8217;</a></strong></p>

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