{"id":40880,"date":"2025-09-27T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/40880\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:03:08","slug":"jk-rowling-responds-to-emma-watson-interview-with-parody-clip-following-rift-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/40880\/","title":{"rendered":"JK Rowling responds to Emma Watson interview with parody clip following rift comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JK Rowling<\/a> has responded to Emma Watson<\/a>\u2019s recent viral interview<\/a> by sharing a parody video of the actor\u2019s appearance. <\/p>\n

The Harry Potter<\/a> star, best known for her portrayal of Hermione Granger in the film adaptations of Rowling\u2019s bestselling novels, sat down for a lengthy interview with podcast host Jay Shetty earlier this week. <\/p>\n

Among the topics covered was her rift with Rowling over their differing views on transgender issues. <\/p>\n

Watson, along with her co-stars Daniel Radcliffe<\/a> and Rupert Grint<\/a>, who played Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, respectively, have been vocal advocates for trans rights. Rowling, meanwhile, has attracted controversy for several comments that have been criticised as transphobic. <\/p>\n

On Friday (26 September), Rowling responded to Watson\u2019s interview by sharing a video created by comedian IntelLady, which spoofed the moment in which the actor said she would be open to speaking with Rowling again. <\/p>\n

The author praised the comedian\u2019s video, and in her caption wrote: \u201cI\u2019m here for all the spoofs.\u201d <\/p>\n

During the sit-down with Shetty, Watson said of their falling-out: \u201cI think the thing I\u2019m most upset about is that a conversation was never made possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Beauty and the Beast star added that she \u201cwill always believe\u201d in having an open dialogue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really don\u2019t believe that by having had that experience and holding the love and support and views that I have, means that I can\u2019t and don\u2019t treasure Jo and the person that I had personal experiences with,\u201d Watson said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will never believe that one negates the other and that my experience of that person, I don\u2019t get to keep and cherish, to come back to our earlier thing. I just don\u2019t think these things are either or. I think it\u2019s my deepest wish that I hope people who don\u2019t agree with my opinion will love me and I hope I can keep loving people who I don\u2019t necessarily share the same opinion with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rowling has previously lashed out at Watson, Radcliffe, and Grint, with whom she once had close relationships. <\/p>\n

\"EmmaEmma Watson said she still ‘treasures’ JK Rowling and the experiences they shared, despite their difference in opinions (Getty)<\/p>\n

Last year, the author, who once stated she would \u201chappily\u201d go to prison for misgendering a transgender person<\/a>, said she would not forgive the actors for criticising her opinions, telling them to \u201csave their apologies\u201d<\/a>. <\/p>\n

This new interview with Shetty was a rare appearance for Watson, who has not appeared on the big screen since 2019\u2019s Little Women and who has spoken about her dislike of press tours. <\/p>\n

Elsewhere during the sit-down, she spoke about trans rights, Palestine, Israel, and the immense scrutiny she faced as a young actor in the spotlight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46],"class_list":["post-40880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}