Soon after tennis megastar Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon championship and 21st Grand Slam title overall on Saturday, July 11, she was feted with super platitudes from across the globe, including a congratulations from another megastar, novelist legend J.K. Rowling, the creator of the Harry Potter books.
However, some troll hating on Serena caught Rowling’s attention and her ire, and she quickly honed in on that person and set him straight.
Rowling is an unabashed admirer of Serena and was irate that someone would try to dampen Serena’s historic win. Knowing that Serena, a soft spoken and gentle person off the court, would not defend herself against some insignificant person, took up for her friend after the troll said Serena was built like a man.
Rowling’s response was quick and deadly:
Twitterverse now have even more love for Rowling for sticking up for her superstar tennis friend and showered her with praise for shutting down that “idiot.” Take a look at Twitter loving on JK Rowling:
I love JK Rowling so much! #feminism to the max! https://t.co/JhNi0rrcsr
— Jolene Hansell (@joleneh340) July 11, 2015
Lol @jk_rowling stays hitting stupid twitter folks with the Avada Kedavra… https://t.co/XUiYrimnSg
— Kai (fly-mommy) (@kainicole) July 11, 2015
Haha JK Rowling no chill ??
— Dipo Awojide (@OgbeniDipo) July 11, 2015
Had to follow @jk_rowling after reading this comment!! https://t.co/Evzcj6FC1u
— Chizzy (@chizzyakudolu) July 11, 2015
Well & truly done @jk_rowling Fr @thr J.K. Rowling Defends #SerenaWilliams Against Twitter Troll: “You’re an Idiot” https://t.co/01ukIcUXKq
— arrow252525 (@Arrow252525) July 11, 2015
And JK Rowling has the Perfect Slam. https://t.co/oXwKZkDYFN
— Hannah Storm (@HannahStormESPN) July 11, 2015
JK Rowling is such a legend for that tweet ? #GOAT
— CSquad Ireland (@HGreybt) July 11, 2015
Fantastic responses to the pathetic, sexist trolling of amazing Serena Williams from @jk_rowling. https://t.co/rZSwYRfGgY
— Schona Jolly (@WomaninHavana) July 11, 2015
JK Rowling does not take kindly to people trolling Serena Williams https://t.co/WpRgWDHn4w pic.twitter.com/zhdcINVITG
— HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) July 11, 2015
Game, set, match! @jk_rowling just crushed a @serenawilliams hater with this epic serve: https://t.co/JjPJpOYTpj pic.twitter.com/79geCTMNwC
— Access Hollywood (@accesshollywood) July 11, 2015
jk rowling just grabbed that man by his toupee and slam dunked it into a nearby dumpster
— jėns (@jens_allen) July 11, 2015
.@jk_rowling is the only #Wimbledon2015 commentator you could ever need https://t.co/4rhkVlTE55 pic.twitter.com/28Thf19Cnl
— BuzzFeed UK (@BuzzFeedUK) July 11, 2015
Go get ’em @jk_rowling. So tired of fat, slovenly male commentators going in on Serena for her rockin’ bod. Work on your own game, boys.
— Jennifer Floyd Engel (@engeljen) July 11, 2015
JK Rowling Slam. Game, set – you’re no match. pic.twitter.com/Bt2BaIbwE8
— My Daughter’s Army (@mydaughtersarmy) July 11, 2015