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John Oliver Stirs J.K. Rowling Outrage After Criticizing Right Wing ‘Obsession’ With Banning Trans Athletes; Rowling Tells Him to ‘Read the F—ing Room’
John Oliver called out MAGA 'obsession' with trying to ban transgender athletes in sports, which prompted outrage from J.K. Rowling.
Oliver devoted the bulk of “Last Week Tonight” on April 6 to criticizing the MAGA and right wing “obsession” with wanting to ban transgender athletes in sports, which includes at the school level. “It feels a bit weird to catch that much heat from the creator of ‘Harry Potter,’ especially when I clearly look like what would have happened to him if they left him in that cupboard for the rest of his life,” Oliver now joked while adding that he “stands by everything” he said last year. But if you’ve just told girls they don’t deserve fair sport, maybe rethink using all too real and common sexual predation against young women as a punchline for your ‘edgy’ closing joke.”
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