Overview

• In a Ziwe interview preview, Monsoon feigns confusion over Rowling’s pronouns by asking “Who is Jake? Who is he? Jake Hay Rowling?”
• She accuses Rowling of “transitioning herself into a new personality” by using initials to present as a male writer, framing it as hypocrisy given the author’s outspoken anti-trans stance.
• Rowling first used her initials on Harry Potter at publisher request to mask her gender and later wrote the Cormoran Strike series as Robert Galbraith.
• Since 2020, Rowling has campaigned against UK legal reforms for transgender rights and faced criticism for transphobic online comments.
• Monsoon’s full interview with Ziwe premieres on YouTube at 8:00 pm ET tonight, and she begins an eight-week run in the Broadway production Oh, Mary! starting August 4.