"Harry Potter" actor Tom Felton defended JK Rowling at Sunday night's Tony Awards after being asked about the fierce liberal backlash she's received for her views on gender and biology. The British actor was on the red carpet at the awards show Sunday,

Tom Felton’s Harry Potter return is off to a rocky start after he was slammed for brushing off J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans views. Felton, 37, revealed last week that he will be reprising his role as Draco Malfoy in a Harry Potter Broadway play.

The Harry Potter fandom is responding to Tom Felton brushing off the controversy surrounding JK Rowling ’s anti-trans views. Last week, the former child star, 37, revealed he will reprise the role of Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway later this year.