“Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan Blasts JK Rowling Over Anti-Trans Stance”

Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan didn’t mince her phrases at creator JK Rowling after she celebrated the brand new Supreme Court docket ruling within the UK that recognised the phrases ‘lady’ and ‘intercourse’ within the Equality Act 2010 refer strictly to organic intercourse, excluding transgender girls.

What Nicola mentioned
JK Rowling celebrated the UK courtroom ruling a with cigar and a drink.“It took three extraordinary, tenacious Scottish girls with a military behind them to get this case heard by the Supreme Court docket and, in successful, they’ve protected the rights of ladies and ladies throughout the UK. @ForWomenScot, I’m so proud to know you,” she wrote on X.

On Friday, Nicola took to her Instagram Tales to slam JK Rowling, and wrote within the caption, “Hold your new Harry Potter lads. Wouldn’t contact it with a ten foot pole.”

Nicola additionally posted a video on her Instagram account to state her response to the Supreme Court docket ruling, through which she mentioned, “I’m utterly horrified by the Supreme Court docket’s ruling. To see an already marginalised group being additional attacked, and attacked in regulation, is stomach-churning and disgusting, and to see folks have fun it’s extra stomach-churning and disgusting. Now’s the time to talk up and make your voice heard. Let your trans, non-binary buddies and the group at massive know that you simply’re there for them and can maintain combating for them.”

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In regards to the new Harry Potter present
Nicola was referring to the brand new Harry Potter sequence, primarily based on the JK Rowling novels of the identical identify. The most recent replace on the casting of the present revealed that actor John Lithgow (final seen in Conclave) will likely be entering into the function of Dumbledore.

The upcoming Max sequence will likely be helmed by writer-showrunner Francesca Gardiner, and also will star Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.