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Robbie Coltrane defends JK Rowling in trans row

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Robbie Coltrane has defended JK Rowling from accusations of transphobia, saying he does not find her views offensive.Harry Potter author Rowling has attracted strong criticism for comments on gender identity, but vehemently denies she is transphobic.The row was reignited this week when a Sunday Telegraph review of her latest book, Troubled Blood, said it featured a “transvestite serial killer”.Coltrane, who played gamekeeper Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has suggested people are too easily offended.He told the Radio Times: “I don’t think what she said was offensive really.

I don’t know why but there’s a whole Twitter generation of people who hang around waiting to be offended.“They wouldn’t have won the war, would they?

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