JK Rowling has responded to Stephen Fry's comments, where he labeled her a "lost cause" and claimed her transformation on trans issues was due to being "radicalised by TERFs." Fry expressed frustration over Rowling's failure to publicly condemn harmful statements made against the trans community, despite admitting her views upset many of his trans friends. Rowling, in her reply via Twitter, indicated that not everyone who considered themselves her friend was truly valued by her. Moreover, she reiterated her condemnation of former co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for aligning with the trans rights movement, which she argues undermines women's rights.
"I disagree profoundly with her on [trans issues]," he said. "I am angry she does not disavow some of the more revolting and truly horrible, violently destructive things that people say."
Rowling wrote on X/Twitter: "It is a great mistake to assume that everyone who claims to have been a friend of mine was ever considered a friend by me."
Fry, who was knighted in the New Years Honours list, has been criticised himself for failing to condemn Rowling's views in the past, despite admitting his trans friends had been left "deeply upset" by her comments.
Rowling has previously said that Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, who have publicly expressed support with the trans community, were "not safe" from her condemnation, claiming they had "cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women's hard-won rights."
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