Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has accused JK Rowling of failing to defend him after he was cancelled over his gender critical views.
The Irishman, 57, told how he backed the author's views on SNP's Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which she previously dubbed 'the biggest assault on the rights of Scottish women and girls' in her lifetime.
But now, he claims she failed to defend his right to free speech when he received backlash over his comments regarding trans people, saying Rowling's 'silence' made him feel 'toxic' and isolated.
Speaking with the Spiked Podcast, the creator of Father Ted and The IT Crowd said the Harry Potter writer had 'never mentioned' him nor spoken in his defence.
Recalling when Rowling became embroiled in the row over SNP's self identification reforms, he said he felt as though he could 'finally relax' and 'fight back' as someone was on his side.
