India, April 8 -- HBO host John Oliver has irked Harry Potter author JK Rowling once again over the topic of banning trans athletes. In a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, John criticised the right-wing's obsession with wanting to ban transgender athletes in sports, including at school level. Rowling has retaliated at the TV host on X (formerly Twitter) asking him to 'read the f**king room'.

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Oliver pointed out his earlier spat with Rowling regarding the same topic. The author had criticised Oliver in November last year when he showed his support to transgender athletes saying that they didn't pose any threat to...