Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, whose statements on transgender people have drawn widespread criticism over the years as transphobic – including from some of the Potter film franchise’s biggest stars – now says her viewpoint has been “profoundly” misunderstood.
In a trailer for the new podcast The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling (listen below), Rowling says, “I never set out to upset anyone.
However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal.” Rowling goes on to say that when people on social media say, “You’ve ruined your legacy.
Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this,” she thinks: “You could not have misunderstood me more profoundly.” The Witch Trials of J.K.