Comedian John Cleese made transphobic utterances. He blames transgender people with a "complete lack of perspective".
British comedian John Cleese (81) openly stands behind "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, 55, and their familiar views on transgender people. The "Monty Python" star signed a letter of support for Rowling several months ago, for which critics are still trying to hold him accountable. A heated discussion sparked on Twitter over the weekend.
In the short message service, Cleese primarily questioned the rights of the transgender community and joked about them in a not particularly subtle way. When asked by a user why he couldn't "just let people be" as they are, answered Cleese: "Deep down, I want to be a Cambodian policewoman. Is that allowed or am I unrealistic?"
Comedian "doesn't care that much" about transgender people
When the comedian was asked by another user to openly comment on the Rowling controversy, he admitted: "I'm afraid I'm not that interested in the transgender community." The comedian says he hopes "that they are happy and that people treat them kindly", but other topics are more important to him.
"Right now I'm focusing more on the threats to democracy in America, rampant corruption in the UK, the appalling British press, the revelations of police brutality, Covid-19, the incompetence of the UK government, China's utter disregard for fossil fuel consumption to forego the developments in France between Macron and Islamists, diabetes and the recent death of some of my close friends, "wrote Cleese on Twitter.
Do transgender people have an advantage?
The 81-year-old also expressed in one of his tweets that most of the critics had a "complete lack of perspective" and a "complete lack of sense of humor" to complain about. He expressed his "superficial understanding", by writing: "When a woman who was once a man competes against women who have always been women, I think she has an advantage because she inherited the body of a man who is usually bigger and stronger than a woman's. " Cleese's question in the group: "Does that prove a phobia?" The critics' answer is clear.