{"id":1298,"date":"2025-10-01T19:45:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2025-10-01T20:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:46:45","slug":"j-k-rowling-attacks-ignorantharry-potter-star-emma-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1298","title":{"rendered":"J.K. Rowling attacks &#8220;ignorant&#8221;Harry Potter star Emma Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling on Monday condemned Emma Watson as &#8220;ignorant&#8221; over her transgender rights views, in a stinging riposte to the former child star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a long post on X, the writer expressed her irritation that Watson, 35, and Daniel Radcliffe, 36 &#8212; who starred in the film adaptations of Rowling&#8217;s best-selling books &#8212; &#8220;continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asake - Organise (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_u4_iWCvZ5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Radcliffe, who played boy wizard Potter, and Watson, who played his friend Hermione Granger, have both taken issue with Rowling&#8217;s stance on gender issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Rowling, who has not previously been so outspoken about Watson, suggested that the star&#8217;s privilege meant she was unable to properly grasp the issues at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t a multimillionaire at 14. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women&#8217;s rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rowling has long been at the forefront of the debate about gender identity and has previously denounced trans activism, leading to accusations of transphobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has defended herself saying her concern was the impact it has on women&#8217;s rights and single-sex spaces for women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rowling, 60, also revealed her annoyance at receiving a one-line note from Watson in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following an awards ceremony at which Watson publicly made a dig at Rowling she sent her a message saying &#8220;I&#8217;m so sorry for what you&#8217;re going through&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family&#8217;s safety,&#8221; the author said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rowling also hinted she had only decided to be &#8220;this honest&#8221; about the &#8220;Beauty and the Beast&#8221; and &#8220;Little Women&#8221; actress now because of comments last week in which Watson announced that she still loved and treasured the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was &#8220;a change of tack I suspect she&#8217;s adopted because she&#8217;s noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was,&#8221; Rowling said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Adults can&#8217;t expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend&#8217;s assassination, then assert their right to the former friend&#8217;s love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public &#8212; but I have the same right, and I&#8217;ve finally decided to exercise it,&#8221; she said. <a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/entertainment\/j.k.-rowling-attacks-'ignorant'-harry-potter-star-emma-watson\">(JapanToday)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter author J.K. 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