Succession star Brian Cox defends JK Rowling amid criticism over controversial trans comments

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Brian Cox has come to the defense of Harry Potter creator JK Rowling following the famous author’s criticism for controversial comments often labeled as transphobic.

“I don’t like the way she was treated, actually. I think she’s entitled to her opinion, she’s entitled to say how she feels,” the Succession star, 20, said. 76 years old, this weekend on the British talk show Sunday With Laura. Kuenssberg, by a Metro video. “As a woman, she has every right to say how she feels about her own body. There’s no one better to say that, as a woman. So I think the people have been a little high and mighty about their own attitude towards JK Rowling.”

Brian Cox successively; JK Rowling attends the World Premiere of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ at Royal Festival Hall on March 29, 2022 in London, England.

Macall B. Polay/HBO; Mike Marsland/WireImage Brian Cox defended JK Rowling.

Rowling initially sparked public ire in December 2019 when she tweeted in favor of a British researcher, Maya Forstater, who was fired from the Center for Global Development for anti-trans stances.

The author, 57, later tweeted that he took issue with the term ‘menstruating’ and has regularly drawn criticism from supporters in the LGBTQ community for reiterating ideologies that have been linked to the trans-exclusive radical feminist movement (TERF) who often adopts the belief that trans women are not women.

Although Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe and organizations like GLAAD have expressed opposition to Rowling’s comments, stars like Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes, both veterans of the Harry Potter franchise, have backed her right to speak out. his opinion.

“JK Rowling wrote these great books about empowerment, about young children finding themselves as human beings. It’s about how you become a better, stronger, more morally-centered human being. “, Fiennes said in an interview with The New York Times last year. “The verbal abuse she’s been subjected to is disgusting, it’s appalling. I mean, I can understand a point of view that might be angry at what she says about women. But he’s not a fascist lewd and right-wing. It’s just a woman saying, “I’m a woman and I feel like I’m a woman and I want to be able to say I’m a woman.” And I understand where she’s coming from. Even though I am not a woman.

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EW has reached out to Cox for further comment.

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