British author JK Rowling has spoken up about the controversy, almost after two years over her comments which were widely perceived as insulting transgender women.
Rowling spoke about it in the forthcoming podcast, “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling.” In it, she said, “What has interested me in recent years, particularly on social media, is when fans say, “You’ve ruined your legacy. Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this.” And I think: “You could not have misunderstood me more profoundly.”
“I never set out to upset anyone. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal,” Rowling said in the podcast’s trailer.
“The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling,” hosted by Megan Phelps-Roper, is set to premiere on February 21. The series also features interviews with Rowling’s supporters and critics, as well as journalists, historians, clinicians, and more.
Rowling, author of the Harry Potter, best-selling fantasy book series, alienated and angered many fans with a series of tweets in June 2020 about transgender people.