JK Rowling has stated she’ll never forgive Daniel Radcliffe—even if he apologizes—for speaking out against her.
Rowling addressed her estrangement from Radcliffe and Emma Watson, saying their criticism of her views on gender identity makes reconciliation unlikely.
The feud began in 2020 after Rowling faced backlash for her controversial comments on trans rights. In an essay tied to her experience with sexual assault, she called transgender identity “misogynistic” and “regressive.” Around the same time, she mocked the term “people who menstruate” in a post-COVID article about gender and equality, arguing that gender is real and essential to concepts like same-sex attraction.