Author Stephen King is horrified by a New York publisher’s decision to drop Woody Allen’s memoir.
Hachette Book Group scrapped “Apropos of Nothing,” which was scheduled to come out next month, after Allen’s estranged son, Ronan Farrow, accused Allen of molesting her as a child.
“The Hachette decision to drop the Woody Allen book makes me very uneasy. It’s not him; I don’t give a damn about Mr. Allen. It’s who gets muzzled next that worries me,” King tweeted Friday evening.
“Once you start, the next one is always easier,” he added moments later.
Farrow also has said he was breaking ties with Hachette, whose imprint Little, Brown and Co. published his “Catch and Kill.” The bestseller details his reporting on sexual abuse scandals in the news and entertainment industries.
King, who stirred the pot last month with remarks about diversity and the Oscars, caused a firestorm online when with his tweet. More than 5,000 Twitter users weighted in, many taking the master of horror to task.
In response, the typically liberal King added a third tweet a few hours later:
“If you think he’s a pedophile, don’t buy the book. Don’t go to his movies. Don’t go listen to him play jazz at the Carlyle. Vote with your wallet…by withholding it. In America, that’s how we do,” he said.
Perhaps trying to mop up the damage after another wave of harsh comments, King added a final tweet: “Let me add that it was f—ing tone-deaf of Hachette to want to publish Woody Allen’s book after publishing Ronan Farrow’s.”