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Pedro Pascal Won’t Stand for Anti-Trans Comments From J.K. Rowling or Any Other ‘Bullies’

Pedro Pascal defends slamming J.K. Rowling as a 'heinous loser' over anti-trans comments, telling Vanity Fair that bullies make him sick.

The general consensus is that Pedro Pascal wasn’t in the wrong for referring to J.K. Rowling ‘s relentless spewing of anti-trans rhetoric as “heinous loser behavior” earlier this year. Pascal added that he felt for a moment like “that kid that got sent to the principal’s office a lot for behavioral issues in public schools in Texas, feeling scared and thinking, What’d I do?” But the principle of his stance outweighed any external anxiety that might have accompanied the online spat. For his party at Stone Nest in London, the actor hired the trans, Grammy Award-winning DJ Honey Dijon to spin music throughout the night while he danced with his friends in a Protect the Dolls T-shirt.

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