Stephen King disses Dylan Farrow's controversial 'open letter about Woody Allen sexual abuse' on Twitter, King of Horror apologizes for 'palpable b*tchery' tweet on Facebook

Earlier this month, Dylan Farrow released an emotional "open letter" detailing alleged sexual abuse by her father Woody Allen. Apparently, The "King of Horror" (aka, Stephen King) was not too pleased with Farrow's "phony" and rather controversial confession. When asked his opinion about the accusations on Monday (Feb. 3), the popular author tweeted:

@StephenKing: "Boy, I'm stumped on that one. I don't like to think it's true, and there's an element of palpable b*tchery there, but..."

It remains unknown if King was actually referring to Farrow or her mother Mia, but still, the offensive tweet soon went viral.

Later (after some crazy backlash), King posted:

@StephenKing: "Have no opinion on the accusations; hope they're not true. Probably used the wrong word... Still learning my way around this thing. Mercy, please."

Fans then began mocking King with a "palpable douchery" hashtag.

So he also offered this lengthy apology on Facebook:

Those of you who follow Twitter will know that recently I managed to put my foot in my mouth and halfway down my throat. A good many people came away from my tweet about the Woody Allen controversy with the idea that I had called Dylan Farrow or Mia Farrow (or both) a bitch. That wasn't my intention, but the conclusion on the part of some readers is understandable. I used the wrong word to describe not Ms. Farrow-either Ms. Farrow-but a sad and painful mess. Some people seem to believe that writers never use the wrong word, but any editor can tell you that's not true.

Those of you who have read my work-Carrie, Dolores Claiborne, Rose Madder, and Lisey's Story, to name four-will know that I have plenty of respect for women, and care about the problems and life-situations they face. My single-mom mother faced plenty, believe me. And I have no sympathy whatever for those who abuse children. I wrote about such abuse-and its ultimate cost to the victim-in Gerald's Game.

The maximum number of letters in a Tweet is 140. I think the following would fit: I apologize for screwing up.

Just know my heart is where it's always been: in the right place.

Do Mstars readers think King's apology is sincere?