'Harry Potter' Creator J.K. Rowling Fires Back at Emma Watson: "She Has So Little Experience of Real Life" | THR News Video - video Dailymotion

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J.K. Rowling is firing back at Emma Watson after the actress made comments about their strained relationship. The 'Harry Potter' creator released a lengthy statement on X saying: "She has so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is."

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00:00JK Rowling is firing back at Emma Watson after the actors made comments about their strained

00:04relationship. The Harry Potter creator released a lengthy statement on X saying she has so little

00:09experience of real life, she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. Watson, who rose to fame as

00:15Hermione Granger in the film adaptations of Rowling's books, recently appeared on Jay Shetty's

00:20podcast where she shared her deepest wish to separate her relationship with Rowling from

00:25their opposing views on trans rights. Rowling, a vocal critic of trans rights policies in the UK,

00:31has long faced backlash from fans and even the Harry Potter trio, Watson, Daniel Radcliffe,

00:36and Rupert Grint, all of whom have voiced support for the trans community. But some were surprised

00:41to see Watson make some more neutral comments saying, I will never believe that one negates

00:48the other. And that my experience of that person, I don't get to keep and cherish.

00:58I, to come back to our earlier thing, like, I just don't think these things are either or.

01:03I think it's my deepest wish that I hope people who don't agree with my opinion will love me and

01:13I hope I can keep loving people who I don't necessarily share the same opinion with.

01:17Rowling quickly pounced, first sharing a spoof of Watson's remarks, then following up with a

01:22scathing post. She accused the actors of acting as de facto spokespeople for the world she created

01:28and adds, quote, the greatest irony here is that had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to

01:34declare that she loves and treasures me, a change of tack I suspect she's adopted because she's known as

01:39full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was. I might never

01:44have been this honest. The author also claimed Watson's privilege shields her from what Rowling

01:49describes as the real-life challenges that inform her stance on gender issues. She ends her post by

01:54saying, quote, Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in

02:00public, but I have the same right and I finally decided to exercise it. For more on the story, head over

02:05to thehollywoodreporter.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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