She's ignorant of how ignorant she is: JK Rowling on Emma Watson

Harry Potter author JK Rowling penned a lengthy note on X to address her rift with Emma Watson on Monday saying the actor cannot go on criticising her publicly and then hope for reconciliationWatson played the role of Hermione in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter books alongside Daniel Radcliffe who payed Harry and Rupert Grint who played RonThe rift between the two began in 2020 when the author shared her views on the trans community which many deemed to be extremely transphobic Following this Watson and her Harry Potter costars publicly opposed Rowling in a public statementWatson and Rowlings rift came up in the headlines again this month after the actor addressed the controversy in recent episode of the On Purpose With Jay Shetty podcast and said she still loves and treasures the authorNow Rowling has responded with her own statement and called her ignorantLike other people whove never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame Emma has so little experience of real life shes ignorant of how ignorant she is the author wrote on XRowling began by saying that she is not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character that she created and Watson and Harry Potter stars have every right to embrace their gender identity ideologyThe author however said they shouldnt act like spokespersons for the world she created Emma 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 nay obligation to critique me and my views in public Years after they finished acting in Potter they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created she wroteRowling said since she worked with the actors when they were really young she feels a certain protectiveness for them and has often declined to comment on them but what hurt her was that the actor asked someone to pass on a handwritten note to her with the sentence Im so sorry for what youre going through when she was facing threatsThe author said when she was going through a bad period for her comments Watson poured more petrol on the flamesI wasnt a multimillionaire at fourteen I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of womens rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges she wroteThe author explained that had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures her she wouldnt have commented publiclyEmma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public but I have the same right and Ive finally decided to exercise it she addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever