Stephen King, the self-declared master of horror, just lived out a real-life lesson in what happens when you shoot off your mouth before engaging your brain. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s brutal assassination—reportedly carried out by a far-left radical who viewed Kirk as a “threat to democracy”—King did what too many liberals do when a conservative is murdered: he smeared the victim.
Without waiting for facts, without checking context, and apparently without a shred of basic decency, King tweeted: “He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin’.” That’s not commentary. That’s slander. That’s the kind of blood libel you expect from the fringes of Reddit, not a millionaire author with a massive following. And what timing—just hours after the shocking execution of one of the most prominent conservative voices in America. It’s hard to call it anything but vile.
Please share if you agree that the estate of Charlie Kirk should sue Stephen King for defamation over this heinously false accusation
He’s crossed a line
It will prove costly pic.twitter.com/mtahSSLm54
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) September 12, 2025
The backlash was instant, and it was well-deserved. Senator Ted Cruz fired off a response that cut right to the point: “No, he did not. Your party—which you shamelessly shilled for—sent $100 billion to the Ayatollah… who does routinely murder homosexuals. Why are you so dishonest & filled with hate?” It’s a fair question. Why is it that every time a conservative is attacked or killed, the Left starts kicking the corpse before it’s even cold?
You are a horrible, evil, twisted liar.
No, he did not.
Your party—which you shamelessly shilled for—sent $100 billion to the Ayatollah… who does routinely murder homosexuals.
Why are you so dishonest & filled with hate? https://t.co/slxhbWBbQ0
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 12, 2025
Former Trump advisor Sebastian Gorka wasn’t having it either. “When? You decrepit liar. Show us when Charlie ever said that,” he demanded. “Publicly apologize to his widow Erika, and Charlie’s children.” Of course, King didn’t have proof—because there is none. Charlie Kirk never said that. He simply gave a talk about how some people misuse the Bible to justify evil, and King twisted that into a smear designed to strip away his humanity.
Senator Mike Lee took it a step further, calling for legal action. “The estate of Charlie Kirk should sue Stephen King for defamation over this heinously false accusation,” he wrote. “He’s crossed a line.”
And now, after a tidal wave of well-earned condemnation, King is in retreat mode. He deleted the tweet and tried walking it back with a groveling non-apology: “This is what I get for reading something on Twitter w/o fact-checking.” No, Stephen—this is what you get for thinking hatred is a virtue if it’s aimed at the Right.
The horrible, evil, twisted liar apologizes. This is what I get for reading something on Twitter w/o fact-checking. Won't happen again. https://t.co/L7fL2Ml4eR
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 12, 2025
He got caught. And for once, the monster wasn’t in one of his books—it was staring back from the mirror.
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