GARY LINEKER has revealed the REAL reason he paid for a blue tick as other stars lost theirs in Twitter’s purge.
The Match of the Day host managed to keep his blue verification mark amid the platform removing it for many users on Thursday.
PAGary Lineker has kept his Twitter blue tick verification mark[/caption]
The blue tick appears on a user’s account when they are verified, or if the user subscribes to Twitter Blue.
Lineker, who has a whopping 8.9 million followers, often shares his thoughts on the platform.
His tweets led to him being suspended from the BBC after he was critical of the UK government’s migrant boat plan.
Amid the blue tick purge, it was noticed Lineker kept his, indicating he is subscribed to Twitter Blue, where users pay £8 a month to be marked as verified.
But Lineker has revealed the reason behind his decision to pay – with those who have forked out being dubbed as part of the “uncool gang”.
The former Tottenham star quote-tweeted screenwriter Jemima Goldsmith, who explained that she takes longer than the allotted 30 minutes to notice mistakes in their tweets – after which normal users cannot edit their tweets.
By paying the subscription, you can edit your tweets later than that.
Lineker said “same here” – indicating he paid up for the same reason.
Lineker had stated earlier in April that he would keep his blue tick on Twitter because he had been “been paying it for a while” but “only for the ‘edit’ button.”
His statement came after his account was put “under review”, with fans noticing that the pundit’s blue tick was missing from his account.
His Match of the Day co-host Alan Shearer jokingly tweeted at Lineker: “Is this really you!!?”