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J.K. Rowling: My transgender comments were ‘profoundly’ misunderstood

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trailer for her forthcoming podcast, “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling.” “However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal.”Rowling, who penned the “Harry Potter” novels, has received backlash in recent years for her comments about transgender people.

In the episode, the 57-year-old recalls many online saying, “You’ve ruined your legacy,” or “You could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this.” But she simply states: “You could not have misunderstood me more profoundly.”The podcast, which premieres Feb.

21 on The Free Press, will be hosted by Megan Phelps-Roper, who was raised as part of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church known for protesting LGBTQIA+ beliefs and later left the congregation to write the memoir “Unfollow” about her experience.Now, in the podcast, Rowling will reflect on what happened when “she came to drop a ‘hand grenade into Twitter.’ “It all began in 2020 when she claimed that the “lived reality of women globally is erased” if “sex isn’t real,” referring to trans women.“I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives,” she added at the time.

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