Stephen King , the renowned American horror author, has apologized after claiming that Charlie Kirk “advocated stoning gays to death.”

In the hours after conservative provocateur Kirk was assassinated, The Shining author took issue with Fox News host Jesse Watters, who claimed that Kirk was not a “controversial” or “polarizing” man.

“He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin’,” King replied to Watters in a now-deleted post on X/Twitter. He has since rowed back from the remark after being heavily criticized by MAGA supporters.

King wrote: “I apologize for saying Charlie Kirk advocated stoning gays. What he actually demonstrated was how some people cherry-pick Biblical passages.”

After Senator Ted Cruz decried King as a “horrible, evil, twisted liar,” King responded: “This is

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