Author Stephen King apologized Friday for a post on X that, after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, falsely claimed the conservative activist had advocated “the stoning of gays to death.”
In the now-deleted post Thursday, King wrote: “He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin.”
He was reacting to a post Wednesday by Fox News host Jesse Watters, who wrote just hours after Kirk was shot to death: “Charlie Kirk was not a ‘controversial’ or ‘polarizing’ figure. Charlie was a PATRIOT. THIS is a turning point, and we all need to turn in the right direction. Rest in peace, my friend.”
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