{"id":181276,"date":"2025-10-06T06:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/181276\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T06:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:17:16","slug":"jk-rowling-hits-out-at-ignorant-emma-watson-in-candid-statement-on-harry-potter-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/181276\/","title":{"rendered":"JK Rowling hits out at \u2018ignorant\u2019 Emma Watson in candid statement on Harry Potter star"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JK Rowling<\/a> has torn into \u201cignorant\u201d Emma Watson<\/a> for using her Harry Potter<\/a> link to criticise her gender critical views \u2013 and rejected the former child star\u2019s claim that she treasures her despite their differences.<\/p>\n

Watson and her former co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint are vocal advocates for trans rights and, in the last five years, have condemned Rowling\u2019s controversial comments<\/a> that have been criticised as transphobic.<\/p>\n

Rowling has now issued a lengthy statement in which she branded the Hermione Granger actor \u201cignorant\u201d as she has \u201cnever experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame\u201d \u2013 and accused the star of \u201cpouring more petrol on the flames\u201d of the abuse she receives.<\/p>\n

Days after Watson, 35, said she would be open to speaking with Rowling again<\/a>, the author wrote on Twitter (X)<\/a>: \u201cAdults can\u2019t expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend\u2019s assassination, then assert their right to the former friend\u2019s love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. <\/p>\n

Last week, Watson said that her disagreement with Rowling doesn\u2019t mean that she \u201ccan\u2019t treasure Jo and the person that I had personal experiences with\u201d. <\/p>\n

But Rowling said she \u201csuspects\u201d the actor\u2019s \u201cchange of tack\u201d is due to her belief that the \u201cfull-throated condemnation\u201d against her has calmed in recent months.<\/p>\n

Rowling said that \u201cEmma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology\u201d, but added: \u201cEmma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right \u2013 nay, obligation \u2013 to critique me and my views in public. <\/p>\n

\u201cYears after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JK<\/p>\n

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JK Rowling says Emma Watson is \u2018ignorant of how ignorant she is\u2019 (Getty)<\/p>\n

Rowling said Watson\u2019s apparent jibe at Rowling<\/a> at the Baftas in 2022 was \u201ca turning point\u201d.<\/p>\n

At the ceremony, when host Rebel Wilson<\/a> introduced the Harry Potter star to the stage, she said: \u201cHere to present the next award is Emma Watson. She calls herself a feminist, but we all know she\u2019s a witch.\u201d Watson then emphasised: \u201cI\u2019m here for all the witches!\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Rowling said she was left more hurt by a personalised note she received from the actor soon after the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmma asked someone to pass on a handwritten note from her to me, which contained the single sentence \u2018I\u2019m so sorry for what you\u2019re going through\u2019 (she has my phone number). This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family\u2019s safety. <\/p>\n

\u201cEmma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one-line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

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The billionaire author criticises \u2018ignorant\u2019 Emma Watson (X\/@jk_rowling)<\/p>\n

She suggested that Watson did not share her views because she had lived a sheltered life thanks to her Harry Potter success.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmma has so little experience of real life she\u2019s ignorant of how ignorant she is,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t a multimillionaire at 14,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted Watson for comment.<\/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":181277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-181276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}