Writer J.Okay. Rowling revealed why she wasn’t featured in HBO Max’s “Harry Potter” reunion particular in January.
Rowling instructed radio present host Graham Norton on Saturday that she was requested to be within the particular that acknowledged the primary wizardly movie’s twentieth anniversary.
Her absence led to hypothesis that repeated cases of controversial transphobic remarks by the creator led to her not being included within the particular. Folks near the particular revealed that Rowling’s anti-trans remarks weren’t an element, nevertheless, Leisure Weekly reported.
Rowling indicated it was her option to not be within the particular.
“I used to be requested to be on that, and I made a decision I didn’t wish to do it,” she mentioned. “I assumed it was in regards to the movies greater than the books, fairly rightly. That was what the anniversary was about.”
You possibly can hearken to a clip from Rowling’s interview with Norton under.
The creator acquired a loss of life menace on-line after commenting in regards to the stabbing assault on author Salman Rushdie earlier this month.
“Horrifying information,” the “Harry Potter” creator tweeted after studying in regards to the assault. “Feeling very sick proper now. Let him be OK.” A Twitter person responded to Rowling, saying, “Don’t fear you’re subsequent.”
The incident led Warner Bros., the studio behind the Potter movies, to difficulty an announcement condemning the menace.
Rowling weighed in on her use of social media throughout her interview with Norton.
“I attempt to behave on-line as I would love others to behave. … I’ve by no means threatened anybody, clearly, and I actually wouldn’t need anybody to go to their homes or something like that,” Rowling mentioned.
“Social media could be a whole lot of enjoyable, and I do just like the pub argument side of it. That may be a enjoyable factor to do however there’s little doubt that social media is a present for individuals who wish to behave in a malign approach,” she added.
