Elon Musk was ruthlessly ridiculed after he attempted to retaliate against Stephen King. The King of Horror took to his X page (formerly known as Twitter) on August 28 to poke fun at SpaceX, Elon’s company, which builds and launches rockets. Last week, SpaceX had to pause its operations.

The American spacecraft manufacturer just delivered satellites into space that caught fire and tipped over while landing, leading to a government investigation.

“Oops,” Stephen, who has notably criticized the billionaire before, wrote on his X post, which amassed 4 million views. “SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday.”

Elon was seemingly left offended by the 76-year-old author’s dig. And on August 29, the 53-year-old CEO of Tesla hit back on X with a vulgar AI-generated image.