No one can tell if this ‘Harry Potter’ star is shading or supporting transphobe JK Rowling
If you capitulate so much on your feelings towards a bigot that outlets can spin your words any way they like, you might need to check what you really stand for.Harry Potter alum Tom Felton recently spoke on JK Rowling to The Times, and his comments were as contradictory as they were vague.The actor is doing press for his new Beyond the Wand memoir, so naturally the controversial author was bound to come up in conversation.
A post shared by Tom Felton (@t22felton)“First of all, I don’t know enough about the specifics of what anyone said; my dog takes up far too much time for me to go into such matters,” he says. “I mean, the obvious things to say are that I’m pro-choice, pro-discussion, pro-human rights across the board, and pro-love.
And anything that is not those things, I don’t really have much time for.”Vague enough, but seemingly condemning targeted harassment against trans folks’ human rights and freedom of choice, right?
He even goes on to emphasize distancing Rowling from the films he was in.“As much as Jo is the founder of [these] stories, she wasn’t part of the film-making process as much as some people might think,” he says. “I think I only recall seeing her once or twice on set.” A post shared by Tom Felton (@t22felton)Related: JK Rowling says she’s too rich to care about hurting transgender peopleYet, in immediate capitulation, he also highly lauds the author on a personal and cultural level.“I couldn’t speak for what others have said or what she said, to be completely honest,” he says, “but I’m often reminded, attending Comic Cons in particular, that no-one has single-handedly done more for bringing joy to so many different generations and walks of life.“I’m constantly reminded of her positive work in.
