- Feb 5, 2002
- 184,128
- 67,232
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Female
- Faith
- Catholic
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Others
Author J.K. Rowling publicly rebuked actress Emma Watson for advocating for allowing trans-identifying men in women’s shelters, prisons and bathrooms, accusing Watson of ignorance for failing to see how eroding all-female spaces puts women and girls in harm's way.
The 60-year-old British author clarified in a Monday X post that Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the film franchise based on Rowling’s Harry Potter book series, doesn't owe her “eternal agreement” because she played a character that the writer created.
“Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology,” Rowling stated. “Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them.”
“However, Emma and [Daniel Radcliffe] in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right — nay, obligation — to critique me and my views in public,” the British author continued. “Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created.”
Continued below.
www.christianpost.com
The 60-year-old British author clarified in a Monday X post that Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the film franchise based on Rowling’s Harry Potter book series, doesn't owe her “eternal agreement” because she played a character that the writer created.
“Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology,” Rowling stated. “Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them.”
“However, Emma and [Daniel Radcliffe] in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right — nay, obligation — to critique me and my views in public,” the British author continued. “Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created.”
Continued below.

JK Rowling slams Emma Watson for 'trashing' women's rights in favor of gender-confused men: 'She's ignorant'
Author J K Rowling publicly rebuked actress Emma Watson for advocating for allowing trans-identifying men in women s shelters, prisons and bathrooms, accusing Watson of ignorance for failing to see
