{"id":18433,"date":"2025-04-24T16:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=18433"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:15:06","slug":"pedro-pascal-slams-jk-rowling-as-a-heinous-loser-after-her-awful-and-disgusting-celebration-of-trans-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=18433","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Pascal slams JK Rowling as a &#8216;heinous loser&#8217; after her &#8216;awful and disgusting&#8217; celebration of trans ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pedro Pascal has publicly blasted JK Rowling as a \u201cheinous loser\u201d after the author&#8217;s celebratory post on the UK\u2019s Supreme Court ruling regarding transgender rights.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8588-207x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8588-207x300.jpeg 207w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8588.jpeg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><br \/>\nPedro Pascal has slammed JK Rowling. Credit: Karwai Tang \/ Getty<\/p>\n<p>The 50-year-old actor shared the comment under a viral video on Instagram from activist Tariq Ra\u2019ouf.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, Ra\u2019ouf attached a picture of Rowling, 59, on her superyacht, smoking a cigar, alongside the caption: \u201cI love it when a plan comes together,&#8221; after five judges ruled unanimously that the terms \u201cwoman\u201d and \u201csex\u201d in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Pedro Pascal d\u00e1 uma lapada seca na transf\u00f3bica J.K. Rowling em coment\u00e1rio no Instagram:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUma MERDA horr\u00edvel e nojenta \u00e9 exatamente isso.<br \/>Comportamento de PERDEDOR hediondo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lembrando:<br \/>Direitos trans s\u00e3o direitos humanos. Mulheres trans s\u00e3o mulheres.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf9 Via tariq_raouf no ig <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VZFBtycNZj\">pic.twitter.com\/VZFBtycNZj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Info Pedro Pascal \ud81a\udce0 (@infopascalbr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infopascalbr\/status\/1915178526229070231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe activist called the ruling and Rowling\u2019s celebratory reaction \u201cawful and disgusting,\u201d and urged a full cultural boycott of Harry Potter projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t watch the show. Don\u2019t go to Universal&#8230; It\u2019s time to tell these corporations that transphobia loses money,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has become our mission as the general public to make sure that every single thing that&#8217;s Harry Potter related fails&#8230; because that awful disgusting s***, that has consequences,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pascal, whose sister Lux came out as transgender in 2021, not only liked the video but responded with a scathing comment of his own: \u201cAwful disgusting S**T is exactly right. Heinous LOSER behavior.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8589-300x63.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"63\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8589-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8589-768x161.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8589.png 838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nPedro Pascal&#8217;s comment under the video. Credit: Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The UK Supreme Court\u2019s ruling means that trans women, even with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), are not legally classified as women and may be excluded from single-sex spaces if such exclusion is deemed \u201cproportionate&#8221;, per the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial author, who reportedly supported the legal case financially, defended the legislation on social media.<br \/>\n&#8220;It took three extraordinary, tenacious Scottish women with an army behind them to get this case heard by the Supreme Court, and, in winning, they\u2019ve protected the rights of women and girls across the UK. @ForWomenScot, I\u2019m so proud to know you,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She later added: \u201cTrans people have lost zero rights today, although I don&#8217;t doubt some (not all) will be furious that the Supreme Court upheld women&#8217;s sex-based rights.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8590-300x207.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8590-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8590-768x530.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8590.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nPedro Pascal&#8217;s sister, Lux, is trans. Credit: Rodin Eckenroth \/ Getty<\/p>\n<p>The Last of Us actor&#8217;s sharp criticism adds to the growing chorus of public figures condemning the ruling and Rowling\u2019s ongoing commentary on trans issues.<\/p>\n<p>At the London premiere of Thunderbolts, Pascal appeared wearing a \u201cProtect The Dolls\u201d T-shirt in support of the transgender community.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, he also posted a message on Instagram stating: \u201cA world without trans people has never existed and never will,\u201d with a caption that read: \u201cI can&#8217;t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorising the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan also denounced the ruling on Instagram, calling it \u201ccompletely horrifying&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To see an already marginalised community being further attacked, and attacked in law, is stomach-churning and disgusting, and to see people celebrate it is more stomach-churning and disgusting,&#8221; she continued. \u201cNow\u2019s the time to speak up and make your voice heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet your trans, non-binary friends and the community at large know that you\u2019re there for them and will keep fighting for them,&#8221; she said, adding a pointed jab at Rowling\u2019s forthcoming Harry Potter reboot: \u201cKeep your new Harry Potter lads. Wouldn\u2019t touch it with a 10ft pole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sean Biggerstaff, who played Oliver Wood in the Harry Potter film series, also weighed in on the controversy. Taking to social media, he labelled Rowling a \u201cbigoted\u201d and \u201cobsessed billionaire&#8221;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8591-300x204.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8591-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8591-768x522.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8591.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nDaniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint have spoken out against JK Rowling. Credit: Dave M. Benett \/ Getty<\/p>\n<p>The court ruling has most likely reignited tensions among the Harry Potter cast as Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint have previously distanced themselves from Rowling\u2019s views.<br \/>\nIn 2020, Radcliffe, 35, wrote an open letter declaring \u201ctransgender women are women,\u201d and said he felt sorry for fans whose experience with the books had been \u201ctarnished&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Watson, 35, asserted that trans people should be able to live \u201cwithout being constantly questioned,\u201d and Grint, 36, echoed their support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedro Pascal has publicly blasted JK Rowling as a \u201cheinous loser\u201d after the author&#8217;s celebratory post on the UK\u2019s Supreme Court ruling regarding transgender rights. 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