Harry Potter Actor Slams JK Rowling for Celebrating Trans Ruling with a Cigar: What's the Controversy?
The author celebrated the UK Supreme Court ruling declaring that the term “women” in the 2010 Equality Act refers only to biological women, excluding trans women who legally hold gender recognition certificates (GRC).
Rowling financially backed For Women Scotland, the campaign group that brought the case to the Supreme Court.
Share icon Sean Biggerstaff, who appeared in three Harry Potter films, has criticized J.K. Rowling for her views on transgender rights
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Sean, who portrayed Oliver Wood in the first two Harry Potter films and returned for a cameo in the final installment, responded to the 59-year-old author after she shared a photo enjoying a cigar and a cocktail aboard her yacht, accompanied by a caption about a plan “coming together.”
Rowling denied accusations that she was “smoking a bl*nt,” clarifying that it was “objectively, provably and demonstratively a cigar.”
The Scottish actor then claimed she lacked a sense of humor, writing: “Bigotry rots the wit.”
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Rowling shared a picture of Susan Smith and Marion Calder, co-directors of For Women Scotland, warning people not to “f**k with Scottish women.”
Sean replied to the author’s message: “The majority of Scottish women, who don’t agree with these d**kheads, aren’t being bankrolled by an obsessed billionaire.”
In a separate post, the former Quidditch captain for Gryffindor compared the creator of the wizarding world to Andrew Tate, a self-proclaimed misogynist who often puffs a cigar on camera.
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