The feud between Stephen King and Dan Bongino has heated up on Twitter as The Shining author called out the former Fox News commentator for hurling criticism at the Biden administration.
Bongino tweeted saying, “Joe Biden is the worst president in US history.” To this, the 75-year-old author took a swing at Bongino’s unemployment status, writing “you’re out of a job at Fox,” before adding that “Biden still has his.”
A week later Bongino added another Twitter post that claimed that Biden is the “worst president.” At that, King resorted to comments about Bongino’s departure from Fox News.
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Bongino is a former Fox News commentator. He parted ways with the right-leaning news network this spring. His exit came before the shock departure of Tucker Carlson from the same network. Both the conservative commentators have shifted their attention to other platforms of work. While Carlson has just announced that he will be starting a show on Twitter, Bongino is the host of The Dan Bongino Show, a podcast covering all the latest political issues and conservative views.
The comments quickly turned personal. Bongino called Biden “a disgrace to humankind. An embarrassment to the human race in every respect.” King replied to this by saying, “Yes, But he’s got a real job, not a podcast.”
Bongino replied with, “Yeah you’re right. Millions of listeners a day on a podcast while you’re watching porn in your momma’s basement yearning for the days that people actually gave a shit about your dumb ass. Nice comeback dipshit. Get a job loser.”
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Independent journalist Ed Krassenstein slammed Bongino for going after King.
“Dan Bongino accusing Stephen King of ‘watching porn in his momma’s basement,’ yearning for the days where he was relevant, really seems to me like a case of self-deprecation. Isn’t it Bongino who no longer has a job with Fox News. It’s it him who’s trying his best to remain relevant? Meanwhile, Stephen King literally had yet another No. 1 best seller late last year. Where do Bongino’s books rank on that list? Sorry, Dan, but you’re out of your league,” he wrote.
