Stephen King apologises for social media post about Charlie Kirk’s death
Stephen King has apologised and deleted a post made on X following the death of Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, aged 31, was shot dead during an event at Utah Valley University on September 10th. 22-year-old Tyler Robinson has since been named as the suspect during a press conference held by Utah Governor Spencer Cox on September 12th.
In the aftermath of the conservative commentator’s death, King made an initial post in response to Jesse Watters, the host of Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News Channel, who wrote on X, “Charlie Kirk was not a ‘controversial’ or ‘polarizing’ man. Charlie was a PATRIOT. This is a turning point and we all need to turn in the right direction.”
The author replied, “He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin’.”
He later apologised for his post and deleted it, writing on the same social media platform, “I apologize for saying Charlie Kirk advocated stoning gays. What he actually demonstrated was how some people cherry-pick Biblical passages.”
Additionally, in response to being called a “horrible, evil, twisted liar” by Republican politician Ted Cruz, King wrote, “This is what I get for reading something on Twitter w/o [without] fact-checking. Won’t happen again.”
While Kirk didn’t advocate stoning gay people to death, when YouTuber Ms Rachel quoted “love your neighbour” from the Bible in 2024 when defending Pride celebrations, he highlighted part of the same Leviticus scripture which does advocate for the stoning of gay people.
He said: “Ms Rachel, you might wanna crack open that Bible of yours, in a lesser referenced part of the same part of scripture is in Leviticus 18 is that thou shall lay with another man, shall be stoned to death. Just sayin’. Ms Rachel, you quote Leviticus 19, love your neighbour as yourself, the chapter before affirms God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.”
In another reply, which put King’s initial post side-by-side with a post made by Kirk in 2019 saying “gay people should be welcomed in the conservative movement”, the author again apologised, writing, “I was wrong, and I apologize. I have deleted the post.”
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