India, Sept. 13 -- Stephen King, the author of Misery, faced heavy backlash after comments he made about Charlie Kirk, who was recently killed. Critics called King "a horrible, evil, twisted liar" and even said he was "more monstrous" than the villains in his books for attacking Kirk's memory so soon after his death.

King, 77, deleted his post and apologized several times after his reaction to a tribute for Kirk, an ally of former President Donald Trump, caused outrage.

"He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin'," King wrote in response to Fox News host Jesse Watters, who had described Kirk as "not a controversial or polarizing figure" but "a PATRIOT."

That remark brought swift pushback. Many pointed out Kirk had publicly said th...