Stephen King apologizes for joke about upstate New York
Writer Stephen King called out the upstate city of Utica last week in a tweet about the House Speakership.GettyThere is nothing scarier than an ups...

Writer Stephen King called out the upstate city of Utica last week in a tweet about the House Speakership.GettyThere is nothing scarier than an upstate city scorned.Horror writer Stephen King is the latest to get a taste of the backlash. He offered a tongue-in-cheek apology to the city of Utica Tuesday after comparing speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives to a stay in the city. 'the Speakership is like that old joke: First prize is a week in Utica. Second prize is TWO weeks in Utica,' he tweeted last week.