Controversial author JK Rowling has been slammed after appearing to make a negative comment about members of the Harry Potter cast in a post on Twitter/X.

JK Rowling, who has become well-known for her views on the trans community in recent years, appeared to criticise actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in a cryptic tweet. All three members of the trio have supported trans rights publicly in recent years.

In April 2024, JK Rowling made it clear that she was not planning to forgive Daniel Radcliffe or Emma Watson. In a thread on X, she wrote that she was “bloody angry” following the release of the Cass report, which made a series of recommendations in relation to restructuring the way trans youth receive healthcare in the UK.

“I read Cass this morning and my anger’s been mounting all day. Kids have been irreversibly harmed, and thousands are complicit, not just medics, but the celebrity mouthpieces, unquestioning media and cynical corporations,” she claimed.

After one follower demanded Radcliffe and Watson give her a “very public apology, safe in the knowledge that [Rowling] will forgive them,” the author responded: “Not safe, I’m afraid.”

She went on to say: “Celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatised detransitioners and vulnerable women reliant on single-sex spaces.”

On 18 March, she responded to a post on Twitter/X which read “What actor/actress instantly ruins a movie for you?” Rowling replied: “Three guesses. Sorry, but that was irresistible.”

While Rowling didn’t explicitly name who she was referencing, social media users criticised her for appearing to insult the actors with her comment.

Three guesses.

Sorry, but that was irresistible.

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