The continued controversy surrounding J.K. Rowling‘s views on gender identity has taken one other dramatic turn, as “Harry Potter” star Sean Biggerstaff has publicly called out the creator.
The outburst got here in response to Rowling celebrating a recent U.K. Supreme Court ruling that transgender women aren’t legally women.
Along with Sean Biggerstaff, other stars from “Harry Potter,” including lead actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, have disagreed with J.K. Rowling’s views about trans women.
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Sean Biggerstaff Feels Bigotry Has Corrupted The Creator’s ‘Wit’
J.K. Rowling has once more come under fire from a “Harry Potter” alum for her negative views about trans women.
This time, she was criticized by Sean Biggerstaff, who starred within the fantasy movie franchise as Oliver Wood.
It began with Rowling sharing a controversial post of her celebrating a recent U.K. Supreme Court ruling against trans women being legally women.
Within the post, Rowling may very well be seen raising a glass full of what appeared to be alcohol while smoking a cigar aboard her $150 million superyacht.
The post led to her facing accusations of “smoking a blunt,” to which the billionaire creator clapped back on social media by firmly clarifying that it was “objectively, provably, and demonstrably a cigar.”
Biggerstaff then responded to her post, saying, “Bigotry rots the wit.”
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Doubling down on his criticism, the Harry Potter star also retweeted a post from a social media user who compared the acclaimed creator to Andrew Tate, a red pill influencer known for puffing on cigars in a lot of his videos.
“lol, huffing on a cigar now? Is she Andrew Tate?” the tweet read, per the Each day Mail.
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The ‘Harry Potter’ Actor Called J.K. Rowling An ‘Obsessed Billionaire’
In a distinct post, Biggerstaff slammed Rowling as an “obsessed billionaire,” showing his distaste concerning the creator allegedly funding the campaign group that brought the case against trans women.
Rowling had first shared an image of the leading women on the case, Susan Smith and Marion Calder, adding the remark “in case it wasn’t clear: don’t f-ck with Scottish women.”
Biggerstaff then quoted the post with, “Nearly all of Scottish women, who don’t agree with these d-ckheads, aren’t being bankrolled by an obsessed billionaire.”
Other than his criticism of Rowling, Biggerstaff also expressed support for trans women in light of the controversial Supreme Court ruling.
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He wrote that the “loudest voices” were “using concern for sex-based rights as cover for entirely reactionary politics” and called their behaviour “a performance of pragmatism to cloak their instinctive distaste for the Other.”
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J.K. Rowling And The ‘Harry Potter’ Trio Share A Strained Relationship
Previously, the “Harry Potter” trio, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, have also disagreed with Rowling’s views concerning the transgender community.
This has led to them having a strained relationship with Rowling, which culminated along with her openly declaring that she couldn’t “forgive” the trio or other celebrities who support trans people.
“Celebs who cosied as much as a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatised detransitioners and vulnerable women reliant on single sex spaces,” Rowling wrote on X on the time, per the Each day Mail.
“Kids have been irreversibly harmed, and hundreds are complicit, not only medics, however the celebrity mouthpieces, unquestioning media, and cynical corporations,” she added later.
Rowling went on to handle the movement as a scandal whose “consequences” can be felt for a long time and further doubled down on her criticism of its supporters.
She said, “You probably did all you can to impede and misrepresent research. You tried to bully people out of their jobs for opposing you. Young people have been experimented on, left infertile and in pain.”
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The Creator Took A Jab At The ‘Harry Potter’ Lead Stars
In a recent post on X, Rowling appeared to take aim at Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint over their vocal opposition to her remarks about trans people.
It began with a post that asked, “What actor/actress immediately ruins a movie for you?”
Rowling then responded with a cryptic remark, quoting the post and writing, “Three guesses… sorry, that was irresistible.”
She also added three laughing emojis to her comment, which has since garnered over 69k likes and 22 million views on the social media platform.
The book creator made no move to make clear what she meant with the remark, which only made fans further fuel speculation that she was referring to Radcliffe and his co-stars.
J.K. Rowling Has Shared Multiple Controversial Tweets About Trans People
For months, Rowling has garnered negative attention for actively sharing controversial views concerning the trans community, particularly on X.
In a single post, she claimed, “there aren’t any trans kids” in response to a person criticizing her remarks about children throughout the trans community.
“No child is ‘born within the unsuitable body,'” the creator wrote. “There are only adults such as you, prepared to sacrifice the health of minors to bolster your belief in an ideology that may find yourself wreaking more harm than lobotomies and false memory syndrome combined.”
More recently, Rowling claimed that “trans people have lost zero rights” following the Supreme Court ruling, while also taking a jab on the trans community in her remarks.
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“I do not doubt some (not all) can be furious that the Supreme Court upheld women’s sex-based rights,” Rowling further noted.
