J.K. Rowling Claps Back at New Snape Actor for Supporting Trans Rights, and Honestly, It’s Giving Dark Lord Energy

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Well well well, if it isn’t J.K. Rowling once again casting Expelliarmus on any goodwill she had left in the Room of Requirement. This time, her magical target? Paapa Essiedu โ€“ the very talented actor set to don the greasy black wig and scowl his way into our hearts as Severus Snape in HBOโ€™s new “Harry Potter” reboot.

Hereโ€™s the tea: after the UK Supreme Court recently declared that trans women are not legally considered women (yes, in 2025, we’re still stuck on that), a bunch of Hogwarts alumni and magical adjacent folks signed an open letter standing up for the trans community. Among them were Eddie “Newt Scamander” Redmayne, Katie “I’m more than just Harryโ€™s crush” Leung, and the aforementioned Paapa “Snape with a conscience” Essiedu.

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Enter: J.K. Rowling, stage far-right.

Taking to her digital Howler (aka X, formerly known as Twitter but still known for drama), J.K. had opinions. And not like, โ€œI prefer tea to coffeeโ€ opinions โ€” more like, โ€œLet me unleash a 14-paragraph monologue about the fall of civilization via trans rightsโ€ energy.

She fired off with:

โ€œNobody sane believes, or has ever believed, that humans can change sexโ€ฆโ€

Okay, first of all, calm down, Professor Umbridge. And second of all, if weโ€™re talking about fantasy, didnโ€™t you literally write a story where a dude turns into a rat for 12 years? But sure, gender transition is where you draw the line.

She kept going, like a Quidditch match with no snitch in sight, accusing these actors of “boosting a movement” that she claims is out to destroy women’s rights, scare the gays, sterilize kids (??), and summon Voldemort back from the dead or something. Honestly, we lost track somewhere between โ€œelitist badge of virtueโ€ and โ€œfoundational lie of their religion,โ€ which frankly sounds like a deleted line from a Death Eater recruitment ad.

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Rowling also suggested that actors who sign these kinds of letters are just doing it out of career fear. You know โ€” fear of โ€œangry narcissistic men,โ€ โ€œback-stabbing colleagues,โ€ and โ€œonline shamers and doxxers,โ€ which ironically sounds like every character in Slytherin House.

She rounded it off with a subtle-as-a-Bludger-to-the-head rant about “draconian authoritarianism,” because clearly she’s the real underdog here โ€” not the marginalized communities being, you know, marginalized.

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Oh, and in case you missed it: this isnโ€™t the first time a Harry Potter actor has spoken out against Rowlingโ€™s views. At this point, itโ€™s less of a franchise and more of a group chat called โ€œDisagreeing with J.K. Rowlingโ€ that just keeps adding new members every week.

Stay tuned for the next episode of The Wizarding War: Twitter Edition, where moral courage meets magical copyright ownership in a battle of wands vs. words.

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