The Last Of Us star doubled down in the post’s comments, where he wrote: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.”
Pedro’s stance is perhaps unsurprising, considering he has always vocally supported his younger sister, Lux Pascal, who publicly came out as transgender in Feb. 2021 in a cover story for the Spanish-language magazine Ya. In the interview, Lux — who is also an actor — opened up about the pivotal role that Pedro played in her transition, saying that he “has been an important part of this. He’s also an artist and has served as a guide for me. He was one of the first people to gift me the tools that started shaping my identity.”
At the time, Pedro posted Lux’s cover story to his Instagram page and wrote: “Mi hermana, mi corazón, nuestra Lux,” which translates to: “My sister, my heart, our Lux.” When he was subsequently asked about Lux’s transition in an interview with Esquire, Pedro said that he wasn’t comfortable to “speak on her behalf,” but made it clear that he will always have his sister’s back.
Despite this, some of Pedro’s followers were not happy with his latest trans rights post and felt the need to let him know about it in the comments — where Pedro had the most perfect responses. Replying to one person who wrote: “You were my favourite actor…. I’m unfollowing you…. Bullshit,” Pedro sarcastically replied: “nooooooooooo 💅”
“Man you were one of my favorite actors until this… 😔,” somebody else wrote, to which Pedro quipped: “that’s too bad. Wait, no I don’t give a shit.”
And when another user commented: “That’s going to be an unfollow,” Pedro casually replied: “later, gator!”
Another troll wrote: “Gay shit 🤮🤮🤮🤮,” and Pedro sent back “💋 💋 💋 💋,” and when somebody else added: “unfollow 🤮🤮🤮🤮,” Pedro took it in his stride and simply wrote: “bye!” before adding the disco dancing emoji.
Needless to say, fans have been left obsessed with Pedro’s sassy responses, and took to a Reddit forum to heap praise on his no-nonsense pro-trans stance. One of the top comments simply reads: “’Nooooooooo 💅’ is iconic,” to which somebody else agreed: “Right??? I love it so much.”
Big love to Pedro for always using his platform in the best possible way — let me know what you think in the comments below!
