Stephen King has addressed a “rumor” about Elon Musk after claims the author was banned from X / Twitter. The writer has spoken out against Musk numerous times, making no secret of his dislike for the billionaire.

King also denied ever referring to Musk as Donald Trump's "new first lady" — but only because he "didn’t think of it"

Horror novel maestro Stephen King’s debunking of a “rumor” about Elon Musk and Donald Trump has become a social media monster.

A few days ago a rumor started going round that Stephen King had been booted off X (formerly Twitter) after joking that Elon Musk was Donald Trump's "first lady".The horror master's X account still appeared to be live,

The hoax, which claims that King called Musk "The First Lady," also provides an answer to the question, "Can AI be funny?" That answer at least in this case, appears to be "no."

One post on X stated, "So the First Lady Elon Musky banned Stephen King because he called him the First Lady. I guess Musky's big play about free speech on Twitter or X-rated bizarre land doesn't apply if hurts your wittle feewings." Another praised King for supposedly trolling Musk:

Social media posts falsely claim that Elon Musk banned author Stephen King from X, the social media platform owned by Musk. The rumor that King was banned originated on a satirical website. King's X account remains active,

King is well-known for being outspoken about his political beliefs and earlier this year, after Trump called out Taylor Swift on his Truth Social platform and said, "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!", King subtly addressed the situation with his own message.

It was rumored that Elon Musk banned Stephen King from the platform after the author referred to the tech mogul as Donald Trump’s 'first lady'

Author Stephen King on Wednesday addressed what he said were rumors about him mocking tech billionaire Elon Musk and being removed from the social platform X. “I see there’s a rumor going around that I called the Musk-man Trump’s new first lady.