The last straw between Stephen King and Elon Musk? The famous writer and the tech mogul are at the heart of a rumor that has spread on social networks for several days. The owner of
“It seems that Stephen King has just had his Twitter account permanently suspended for calling Elon Musk “the first lady” in several of his tweets,” we can for example read in a publication on Thread. The rumor initially came from English-speaking Internet users, some of whose publications have been viewed several hundred thousand times.
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Stephen King's account has not been banned or blocked by Elon Musk. It is always accessible. Faced with the scale of the rumor, the writer also chose to deny it on his X account (in English): “I see that a rumor is circulating according to which I called the Musk-man the first news lady of Trump. I didn't, but only because I didn't think about it. Another rumor going around is that Muskie kicked me off Twitter. And yet, here I am. » Elon Musk also responded to his publication: “Hi Steve! “.
However, the writer subsequently announced that he was indeed leaving X, in what is perhaps his last post, after more than ten years on the platform: “I'm leaving Twitter. I tried to stay, but the atmosphere became too toxic. Follow me on Threads, if you like. »
A long story of lovelessness
Freshly on the X competitor created by Instagram, Thread, the 77-year-old writer did not hide his relief: “Being here, on Threads, is liberating,” he posted this Friday.
The conflict with X and Elon Musk does not in fact date back to this week. Stephen King, for example, strongly criticized the new certification policy introduced after the billionaire's purchase of the platform, which made it chargeable. The writer was surprised to see that it had not been withdrawn from him despite the fact that he did not pay for the subscription, before Elon Musk announced that he was paying for it personally.
Last August, Stephen King also criticized Elon Musk's company SpaceX, to which the latter responded with an image generated by artificial intelligence depicting the author with an eggplant in his mouth. King also refused to use the new name X instead of Twitter.
Finally, it is not surprising that the tensions on X between the two men reach a point of no return, because the author of horror novels is also known to be an opponent of Donald Trump. On October 7, he tweeted, for example: “Trump for president. Musk as Treasury Secretary. Kid Rock as Secretary of Defense. We're all screwed. »
