What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Pete Davidson just criticized J.K.
Rowling for her transphobic comments and revealed how this controversy has made him feel about
his Harry Potter tattoos.
Alright, so in case you forgot, back in June, Harry Potter author J.K.
Rowling came under fire for sharing an article titled, “Opinion: Creating a more equal
post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate.”
Along with the article J.K. tweeted saying “‘People who menstruate.’
I’m sure there used to be a word for those people.
Someone help me out.
Wumben?
Wimpund?
Woomud?”
This initial tweet received a lot of backlash, but J.K.
Rowling did not stop there, she doubled down and wrote about her views in more detail.
She said quote, “If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction.
If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased.
I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of
many to meaningfully discuss their lives.
It isn’t hate to speak the truth.”
Then later that month, J.K. published a lengthy post on her website and tweeted saying “TERF
Wars.”
In case you aren’t aware, TERF is an acronym that stands for trans-exclusionary radical
feminist.
Fans, celebs, and trans activists shared their disappointment with J.K.’s posts because
many of them had found comfort in Harry Potter which is inherently about an outsider finding
a place where he belonged.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson were among some of the Harry Potter stars
who denounced J.K.’s comments.
And now Pete Davidson shared his thoughts on J.K.’s remarks on this week’s episode
of ‘SNL.’
Pete responded to J.K.’s QUOTE “very disappointing” comments during the “Weekend Update” segment
of the show.
Fans of Pete’s know that he was a diehard Harry Potter stan.
Pete and his ex-fiancé Ariana Grande, famously dressed up as Harry Potter characters and
both have Harry Potter tattoos.
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But on SNL Pete revealed that he now has some regrets about his HP tattoos after J.K.’s
recent comments.
“Uh I think I’m never getting another tattoo for the rest of my life.
Don’t get tattoos.
I got a Harry Potter tattoo years ago because I’m not psychic.”
Colin also asked how Pete felt about J.K.’s anti-trans comments and he revealed he was
“very disappointed.”
“Very disappointing, yeah.
I long for a few years ago when the worst thing she did were those Fantastic Beasts
movies.
No discrimination there.
Those films harmed us all equally.”
And Pete also referenced trans actress and activist Laverne Cox, who you probably know
from her Emmy nominated role in Orange Is The New Black.
“I mean what’s wrong with her Colin?
She creates a 7 book fantasy series about all types of mythical creatures living in
harmony with wizards and elves and the one thing she can’t wrap her head around is
Laverne Cox?!
She’s a national treasure.”
Pete also revealed that he found what J.K. said surprising at first, but then he started
thinking about the “fantastical world she created.”
He looked back on some of the issues he found with the stories and in hindsight, wasn’t
as shocked.
So when Pete was asked if he will stop reading the books, he jokingly said that despite having
Harry Potter tattoos, he’s never actually read the books and only saw part of one of
the movies on a plane once.
Welp there you have it, leave it to Pete to bring some humor into this very upsetting
situation.
And fans were totally here for SNL covering this topic and Pete’s response to it all.
One person wrote “I'm glad they covered this, good on them.
Pete is the man.”
Another fan agreed saying “Pete was perfect for it as well.”
And this person chimed in writing “I love Pete, he's like one of my favorite comedians
and the fact that he said something about this makes me happy as a trans man.”
And there were tons more comments like that.
We’re also glad Pete shared his views on J.K. and the whole situation on SNL and it
was great to see him back on the show!
For more on the problematic comments J.K.
Rowling has made, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
Also, let us know down in the comments what you think of Pete’s response to all of this.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!