Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe apologises for JK Rowling’s ‘transphobic’ row and says ‘transgender women are women’
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thesun.co.ukHARRY Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has apologised to the trans community after author JK Rowling's 'transphobic' Twitter row.
The film star, 30, penned an open letter in which he told fans of the wizarding franchise: "I am deeply sorry for the pain these comments have caused you." It comes after Rowling, 54, faced a backlash for her comments on Friday about a news story with the headline: 'Creating a more equal post COVID-19 world for people who menstruate.' She retweeted it and wrote: “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people.
Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” Daniel voiced strong objections to her words in his statement via US organisation The Trevor Project, which aims to prevent suicides in the LGBTQ community.
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