India, Sept. 15 -- The comments made by bestselling author Stephen King about Charlie Kirk after his death Friday have caused a massive backlash. Though King apologized for what turned out to be a false claim about Kirk, fans have not been allayed. Calls from fans for Charlie Kirk's wife, Erika Kirk, to sue King have grown.

Such has been the clamor around King's comments that false posts saying Erika Kirk has already sued Stephen King started going viral on social media. They got views and reshares in millions despite there being no news to that effect.

Shortly after his death, Stephen King made a post on X, saying Kirk "advocated for stoning gays." As it turned out, despite all the controversial comments made by the 31-year-old conserv...