Stephen King got brutally fact-checked, so here’s what Charlie Kirk actually said about gay people

Following the fatal shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, legendary author Stephen King wrongly claimed that he “advocated” for stoning gay people to death.

As celebs put on their best crying faces for public videos about Charlie Kirk’s death at the alleged hands of Tyler Robinson, Stephen King separated himself by posting an anti-Kirk tweet.

“He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin’,” he wrote in a since-deleted tweet.

As you might expect, the right had a field day with the Carrie author’s scathing takedown, with one person responding: “I think you should eat [poo emoji]. You’ve alienated over half your audience.”

“Author Stephen King mocked and praised Charlie Kirk’s murder. He thinks that he can just delete the tweet and fake apologise. We’re not that stupid anymore. Stephen isn’t sorry and wants more of us to die,” another said.

Stephen King clarified his Charlie Kirk comments

While criticizing YouTuber Ms. Rachel for quoting “love your neighbor” to defend celebrating pride month, Charlie Kirk quoted a Bible verse used to justify stoning gay people “to death.”

Kirk called the stoning verse, “God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.” pic.twitter.com/2b5oHQLmy3

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 11, 2024

After posting the tweet last week, Twitter was inundated with calls for Stephen King to be held accountable for spreading misinformation.

Stephen was seemingly referencing a June 2024 moment when Charlie Kirk bit back at Ms. Rachel’s “love your neighbour” rhetoric by referencing Leviticus 20:13, which advocates for stoning gay people “to death.”

“God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters,” he actually said.

So yeah, while Charlie Kirk never explicitly said “I advocate for the stoning of gay people”, he used the scripture to refute another line from the bible. He never explicitly said he disagreed with it either, affirming that he was “just saying.”

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

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 12, 2025

Repling accordingly, Stephen responded to the backlash with: “I apologise for saying Charlie Kirk advocated stoning gays. What he actually demonstrated was how some people cherry-pick Biblical passages.”

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People still came for him in the comments, and when Republican Ted Cruz branded him a “horrible, evil, twisted liar”, Stephen King clapped back, “The horrible, evil, twisted liar apologises. This is what I get for reading something on Twitter w/o fact-checking. Won’t happen again.”

Stephen has since apologised over and over for misquoting the late influencer, but people on Twitter have also been questioning why he bothered apologising at all.

“Charlie Kirk saying that the bible passage that gays should be stoned to death is ‘God’s perfect law.’ Why did Stephen King apologise?” one person said.

I was wrong, and I apologize. I have deleted the post. https://t.co/v6NOIUGEvS

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 12, 2025

“Author Stephen King is right. Charlie Kirk DID say that. He was a deplorable bigot, and his unfortunate assassination doesn’t change that, and NEVER will. History will judge him unkindly,” another wrote.

What else has Charlie Kirk said about gay people

From gun control to feminism, trans people to Israel, Charlie Kirk and controversial opinions went hand in hand throughout much of his career.

He bit back at the so-called “LGBTQ agenda” a number of times in the past, telling a gay man at a debate that “I don’t agree with your lifestyle.”

“We should work to overturn every conviction for those arrested, fined, or otherwise harassed for the ‘hate crime’ of doing doughnuts over Pride flags painted on public streets,” he said on another occasion, according to The Independent. “It should be legal to burn a rainbow or [Black Lives Matter] flag in public.”

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