Bob Saget’s spouse asks Elon Musk to re-verify late comic’s Twitter account

One 12 months after the sudden demise of comic Bob Saget, his spouse has a request for billionaire and Twitter CEO Elon Musk: Give Saget his blue checkmark again.

Saget’s widow, Kelly Rizzo, took to Twitter Monday — on the one-year anniversary of his passing — to ask Musk why the comic misplaced his verified standing on the social media platform after his demise.

“Hi @elonmusk -today on the 1 12 months anniversary of Bob’s (@bobsaget) passing, I noticed he is not verified?,” Rizzo wrote. “My husband actually beloved Twitter. Out of respect for his legacy, can one thing be carried out? Thank you kindly. (mates please assist).”

She added that the “Full House” star would have been disillusioned to see that his checkmark disappeared as a result of he loved utilizing Twitter.

“The solely cause I’m addressing this in any respect is as a result of I do know Bob could be very bummed about this,” Rizzo mentioned. “He’d say ‘hey, if somebody goes to see my web page and all of the jokes I’ve tweeted over time, how will they know it is for certain me!?'”

Currently, Twitter doesn’t have an choice to memorialize the accounts of deceased customers. The solely plan of action available for these accounts is for verified members of the family to request that the platform delete them altogether.

Musk has not but responded to Rizzo’s tweets, however followers and supporters seconded her ideas and brainstormed concepts for memorialized Twitter accounts.

“Maybe there might be a particular coloured examine for all legends which have handed on?” one consumer replied underneath Rizzo’s tweet.  

On Jan. 9, 2022, Saget died at age 65 in an Orlando resort room whereas on a comedy tour. An post-mortem decided the actor died from unintended head trauma, which more than likely resulted from a fall.

The prolific humorist was finest identified for his position as Danny Tanner, the healthful single dad to a few women within the Nineteen Nineties sitcom “Full House.”