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:

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,

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.