Fox News anchors Dana Perino and Kat Timpf agreed on Thursday that paying Twitter to keep their blue checkmarks would be “embarrassing.”
The exchange came after a segment on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and new Twitter owner Elon Musk going back and forth about Musk’s new plan to require users to pay to keep their verified status — aka the infamous blue checkmark — on Twitter.
Ocasio-Cortez ribbed the controversial billionaire for asking people to pay for free speech. Musk hit back by pointing out the New York Democrat is selling sweatshirts for $58 online – the proceeds she claims are going to charity.
“Let’s say your blue checkmark looks great, so thank you,” anchor Bill Hemmer jokingly told Timpf.
“Would you pay $8 for it?” asked Perino.
“I think it’s embarrassing to pay $8 for it,” shot back Timpf.
“I do too. I don’t think I’m going to do it,” added Perino, concluding, “I’ve been looking for a reason to get off Twitter.”
“I mean, maybe this could be it,” Perino quipped.
“I don’t think I would pay for it,” replied Timpf. “If someone you know, if this company paid for it for me, then sure. But I think that’s like it’s embarrassing to be like. Yes, yes. It’s so important to me that I spent this money.”
“Jesse, he wants to expense it,” jested
“Yeah, that’s what I heard. I was like, not a bad idea,” Timpf added as they laughed.
“See if that gets through,” she concluded.
Watch the full clip above via Fox News