\u2018Harry Potter\u2019 author J.K. Rowling has responded to why she was absent from the Harry Potter reunion, and the answer is pretty simple – she didn\u2019t feel like it.
During her appearance on Virgin Radio Saturday (Pacific Standard Time), the author explained why she wasn\u2019t featured in the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, which debuted on January 1 on HBO Max, reports People magazine.
\u201cI was asked to be on that, and I decided I didn\u2019t want to do it,\u201d she told the host, Graham Norton, quoted by People, via a clip uploaded to YouTube. \u201cI thought it was about the films more than the books, quite rightly. That was what the anniversary was about.\u201d
\u201cNo one said don\u2019t (do it)\u2026I was asked to do it and I decided not to,\u201d she added.
According to People, elsewhere in the conversation, Rowling, 57, also discussed her relationship with social media. Earlier this month, she received a death threat after expressing her concern about Salman Rushdie\u2019s stabbing incident.
\u201cI try to behave online as I would like others to behave\u2026 I\u2019ve never threatened anyone,\u201d she told Graham during the interview. \u201cI certainly wouldn\u2019t want anyone to go to their houses or anything like that.\u201d
\u201cSocial media can be a lot of fun, and I do like the pub argument aspect of it. That can be a fun thing to do\u2026,\u201d she continued. \u201cI sort of have a love-hate relationship with it now. I can happily go for a few days without getting into a (virtual) pub brawl.\u201d
People states that Rowling came under fire in June 2020 when she appeared to support anti-transgender sentiments in a series of tweets.
Though she denied that her views on feminism are transphobic, she doubled down on her controversial standpoints in a lengthy essay shared on her website days later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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