J.K. Rowling shuts down Daily Mail headline in 1 resounding tweet
LONDON -- The Queen of Twitter has struck again.
On Monday, following the High Court ruling that UK Prime Minister Theresa May cannot officially begin Brexit negotiations without MPs voting on it first, the Daily Mailpublished an article about the three judges behind the decision.
SEE ALSO: 24 times J.K. Rowling was a total badass on TwitterAs soon as the article had been published, screengrabs appearing to show the original headline -- which described one judge as "an openly gay ex-Olympic fencer" -- started doing the rounds on Twitter.
It's worth noting that the article in its current form has a different headline and there are no cached versions of the original one. But the selection of screengrabs shared on Twitter suggests it is genuine.
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It wasn't long before Rowling waded in. And she pretty much summed up what everyone was thinking.
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Rowling's tweet has been shared over 2000 times in 40 minutes.
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Mashablehas reached out to the Daily Mailfor comment.