In responding to a post from Fox News host Jessie Watters, who said Kirk was not “controversial” or “polarizing,” Stephen King said Kirk “advocated for stoning gays to death, just sayin’.”

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) got the defamation lawsuit calls rolling, saying “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.”