Apparently Lithgow is really good at separating the art from the artist, even after receiving a text from “a very good friend who is the mother of a trans child.” The artist in question, of course, recently spent tens of thousands of dollars to support a legal challenge that resulted in the U.

Acclaimed actor and new addition to the cast of HBO’s divisive new Harry Potter series, John Lithgow, has said he doesn’t understand why JK Rowling’s views on trans people are relevant to the show. The 79-year-old American actor,