{"id":587525,"date":"2026-08-09T01:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587525\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T01:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:34:24","slug":"jk-rowling-seems-to-be-obsessed-with-me-says-nicola-sturgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587525\/","title":{"rendered":"JK Rowling seems to be obsessed with me, says Nicola Sturgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has claimed Harry Potter author JK Rowling is \u201cobsessed\u201d with her.<\/p>\n

Ms Sturgeon made the comments during an appearance the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, just a day after the author\u2019s most recent criticism.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, Ms Rowling described the former SNP leader as a \u201cworld-class misogynist\u201d and \u201cprofoundly disloyal\u201d to her party following criticism of its election campaign in a new foreword for her book.<\/p>\n

\"JKThe Harry Potter author has been an outspoken critic of Ms Sturgeon (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

Asked by broadcaster Iain Dale if she wanted an \u201camnesty\u201d with the Harry Potter author, Ms Sturgeon said she was not \u201cat war\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe seems to be at war with me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if we\u2019re going to get an amnesty, I think it\u2019s probably going to have to come from her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Rowling has been an outspoken critic of the former first minister, particularly on gender issues \u2013 which have become a hot-button issue in Scotland since Ms Sturgeon\u2019s attempt to reform gender recognition laws in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe disagree on more than one thing \u2013 we disagree about independence, we clearly disagree on trans rights,\u201d Ms Sturgeon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy god, that woman is obsessed with me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t spend as much time thinking about her as she does thinking about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former first minister also hit out at Joanna Cherry KC \u2013 the former SNP MP who has been one of her most vociferous critics.<\/p>\n

\"JoannaJoanna Cherry published a book earlier this year which was heavily critical of Nicola Sturgeon (Jane Barlow\/PA)<\/p>\n

Ms Sturgeon described the former MP\u2019s book, which was heavily critical of her time as SNP leader and first minister and was published earlier this year, as \u201cshit\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ms Cherry \u201cseems to have an obsession with me that is not reciprocated\u201d, she said when asked if there was a question she would like to put to the former MP when she appears in a later edition of the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a question, it\u2019s a challenge,\u201d Ms Sturgeon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan she get through more than 30 seconds of the answer to any question without talking about me?\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if she had read Ms Cherry\u2019s book, the former first minister said she had not.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that distresses me most the older I get is that realisation of all of the books I\u2019ll never get to read,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy on earth would I spend time reading one that\u2019s shit?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has claimed Harry Potter author JK Rowling is \u201cobsessed\u201d with her. Ms Sturgeon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-587525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}