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'House' star Hugh Laurie responds to claims he supports men in women's sports: 'Firstly, f**k off'

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Actor Hugh Laurie was quick to respond to recent accusations about his views on men playing in women's sports. While Laurie's popular character on his hit show "House" was highly sarcastic, Laurie wasn't joking around when it came to this controversial idea. However, his initial remarks only confused readers who were ready to jump to his defense. 'You started it.' Tit for tat It all started when Laurie posted some statistics about the "broigus" in professional basketball. "99.9% of the world are, effectively, 'women,'" Laurie wrote. Adding that "an American man between 20 and 40 years of age and 7 feet tall or more, there's a 17% chance you’re already in the NBA." There was no shortage of replies from X users that interpreted Laurie's comment as meaning that he supports ungendered sports categories, an argument mirrored by scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson in recent years. This included writer Graham Linehan, who wrote, according to Grok, "You don't have to ACTUALLY be House to say this is