Will Ferrell and Harper Steele talk about 'intense' transphobia in Texas – Knowligent

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele talk about 'intense' transphobia in Texas

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Will Ferrell and Harper Steele's visit to the Lone Star State was not met with Southern hospitality.

While discussing their Netflix documentary Will & Harper, the longtime friends recounted an “intense” moment of transphobic microaggression at Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, that didn’t make it into the final cut.

"We were toasting and I said something about passing a trans bill," Steele told The New York Times. "And the room turned around and there was a little booing and a woman yelled, 'We still love you.' I hate that line. I could be totally misinterpreting this woman, but that's the feeling I had in the room: 'Still' is conditional. You still love me when I finally give up being trans and give my life to Christ. They still love me even though I'm some kind of sinner or something. That's what I felt."

Steele explained: “The room started to feel really wrong to me. I felt like my transgenderness was on display, I guess, and suddenly it made me feel not so great.”