JK Rowling criticizes “ignorance” Emma Watson. “I lived in poverty as I wrote the book that made it famous.”
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jk Rowling and Rupert Grint, together at an event in July 2011. Credit: Joel Ryan / AP / Profimedia
JK Rowling, the author of the seven volumes “Harry Potter”, criticized actress Emma Watson on Monday, which she called “ignorant” because of visions over the transgender community, AFP reports.
In a long post on the X platform, the writer expressed his irritation that Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, actors who played the roles of “Hermione Granger” and “Harry Potter” in the films based on his books, “continue to assume the role of de facto spokes of the world I have created.”
Rowling, who had so far not been so open about the dissatisfaction with Watson, suggested that the privileges of the star life prevented the actress from understanding the problem correctly.
“I was not a multimillionaire at the age of 14. I lived in poverty as I wrote the book that made Emma famous,” said the writer.
“Therefore, I understand from my own life experience that means the destruction of the rights of women in which Emma has participated with such enthusiasm, for women and girls without her privileges,” added JK Rowling.
The author of the “Harry Potter” series has long been in the forefront of the debate on gender identity, being accused of transfobia after denouncing Trans activism.
She defended himself by saying that her concern refers to the impact she has on women's rights.
The writer, annoyed by a message of a row from the actress
Rowling also expressed his dissatisfaction with a message of a row he received from Watson in 2022.
Following an award ceremony in which the actress publicly criticized the writer, Watson sent Rowling the following message: “I am so sorry for the situation you go through.”
“This happened when the threats with death, rape and torture at my time were at its peak, at a time when my personal security measures had to be considerably tightened and I was constantly worried about the safety of my family,” says the author.
“Emma had just poured more gasoline on fire, and yet she thought that an expression of concern for a single row would ensure her fundamental sympathy and goodness,” added JK Rowling.
Rowling also suggested that she decided to be “so sincere” about the actress in “Beauty and the Beast” and “Little Women” just because of Watson comments, when she said she still loves and values the author.
This was “a tactic change that I suspect had adopted because it noticed that it is no longer as fashionable as it was,” the writer said.
“Adults cannot expect to approach an activist movement that regularly requires a friend's assassination, and then state the right to the love of the former friend,” Jk Rowling continued.
“Emma is rightly free not to agree with me and, indeed, to discuss her feelings in public-but I have the same right and, finally, I decided,” she said.
