The author of “Harry Potter” says that the relationship with “ex -friend” was incredit after the actress “played petrol on the fire” of the debate on trans rights in a moment of Rowling threats.
JK Rowling sent a surprising response to Emma Watson after the actress of the series Harry Potter He recently spoke of the relationship between them and a public disagreement on the question of gender identity.
Last week, Watson said he still loves Rowling and refuses to “cancel” her despite the differences between them.
But on Monday, the author replied saying that his feelings about his “ex friend” pulled up after Watson, he said that he publicly “launched petrol on the fire” in a moment of threats against Rowling.
Rowling wrote in X: “Like other people who have never experienced adulthood without the comfort of wealth and fame, Emma has a little real life experience that ignores her own ignorance”.
Watson, 35, played Hermione Granger in the eight films based on Rowling’s books between 2001 and 2011.
She and Daniel Radcliffe were among the stars who moved away from Rowling when the author caused controversy by manifesting himself against trans activism, which, he said, had eroded the concept of biological sex.
The writer was accused of being transfobic, which he denied, saying that he was worried about the effect on women in unique sexual spaces.
In an interview last week, Watson said: “It is my deepest desire to expect people who do not agree with my opinion can love me and I hope to be able to continue to love the people with whom I don’t necessarily share the same opinion”.
‘Turning point’
In his new post on Monday, Rowling wrote: “I am not entitled to the eternal agreement of any actor who played a character I created. The idea is ridiculous as I consult my boss when I was 21 years old to know what opinions I should have had today”.
He said, however, that he had been “difficult to put aside some protection” after meeting someone since he was 10 years old.
“Even very recently, I could not forget the memory of the children who had to be kindly encouraged during recordings in an exceptional and frightening film study.”
The author said that the “shift” in his feelings took place in 2022, when Watson seemed to make a subtle Rowling criticism in the Bafta Awards phase.
The presenter Rebel Wilson presented Watson saying: “She is proud to consider herself feminist, but we all know she is a witch”. Watson replied that it was “here from all witches”, which was widely interpreted as a support declaration for the trans community. Many interpreted that he then said “Bar One” (except one), although not clear, and may have really said “by the way”.
Rowling said that then there was an opportunity that “he hurt much more than the speech himself”, when he received a ticket from Watson, delivered by a third, although the actress has her phone number. The ticket had only one line that said: “I’m sorry for what you are passing by,” Rowling said.
“This happened when the threats of death, rape and torture against me were at its peak, at a time when my personal security measures had to be significantly strengthened and I was constantly worried about the safety of my family,” said the author.
“Emma had just thrown more wood to the bonfire publicly, but thought that only one phrase that expressed concern would have been sufficient to reassure me on its fundamental sympathy and kindness.”
Rowling continued to suggest that Watson “probably would never need to” use exclusive types of spaces for a single sex against which he made a campaign to prevent access to trans people, such as changing rooms and public bathrooms.
“I was not a multimilionary at 14. I lived in poverty while I was writing the book that made Emma famous,” he added.
“Therefore, I understand, from my life experience, what it means for women and girls without Emma’s privileges the lack of respect for women’s rights, in which she participated thus enthusiastically.”
The writer added that Watson’s recent love statements have marked a “change of position that, suspect, has adopted because he realized that he condemns me openly is no longer fashionable as before”.
Rowling concluded: “Adults cannot expect to get closer to an activist movement that regularly requires the murder of a friend and therefore claiming the right to the love of the former friend, as if it were actually his mother.”
“Emma has every right not to agree with me and, in fact, to discuss his feelings about me in public, but I have the same right and in the end he decided to exercise him.”
BBC News contacted Watson’s representatives for the comments.
“I can love her, I can know that she loved me”
Watson was one of the many stars Harry Potter Those who spoke against Rowling’s opinions in 2020, publishing at that moment on social networks: “Trans people say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or feeling that they are not those who say they are.”
In the interview last week, Watson said that his previous relationship with Rowling meant that he was still able to “evaluate Jo”.
The actress also praised Rowling for the “kindness and words of encouragement” that gave her as she grew up and for the opportunity to play a character like Hermione.
“There is no world in which I could erase or delete it at all,” said Watson. “It must remain true. It’s true.”
“I don’t know what else to do in addition to keeping these two apparently incompatible things together and I only expect that perhaps one day they resolve or unite, and perhaps they accept that it will never happen, but both can still be true.”
Source: Terra
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