J.K. Rowling Slams Emma Watson Over Transgender Rift

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00:00J.K. Rao Ling slams Emma Watson over transgender Rift

00:04J.K. Rao Ling has slammed Harry Potter star Emma Watson for being ignorant

00:09and accused the actress of trashing women's rights, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

00:14Rao Ling, 60, bashed Watson, 35, who played Hermione in the film adaptation of the best-selling book series.

00:22After the actress spoke about their public falling out in a recent interview,

00:25Watson and other Harry Potter stars, including lead actor Daniel Radcliffe,

00:31have publicly spoken out against Rao Ling's anti-transgender views since 2020.

00:36And as a result, the author and cast have been locked in a feud since 2020.

00:40The 35-year-old recently broke her silence on their fractured relationship

00:44during an appearance on Jay Shetty's On Purpose podcast.

00:47Rao Ling wrote in the lengthy X post,

00:50Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame,

00:54Emma has so little experience of real life, she's ignorant of how ignorant she is.

00:59Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool?

01:04Rao Ling called out Watson's privilege from becoming a multi-millionaire at 14 because of her books.

01:10I wasn't a multi-millionaire at 14.

01:12I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous.

01:15I'm not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created.