The “Harry Potter” writer was on Graham Norton’s “Radio Present” podcast, the place she mentioned “nobody mentioned do not come” to the reunion, she simply determined she did not wish to take part.
“Yeah, I used to be requested to be on that and I made a decision I did not wish to do it,” she mentioned of the HBO Max particular. “I believed it was in regards to the movies greater than the books, you already know, fairly rightly. I imply, that was what the anniversary was about.”
On the time, it was speculated that Rowling’s absence was as a result of controversy round views the author has expressed which were criticized by some as transphobic. Solid members Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Eddie Redmayne made statements in assist of the trans neighborhood.
The particular acknowledged Rowling’s contribution to the movie franchise by incorporating materials from a 2019 interview. (HBO Max, like CNN, is a part of Warner Bros. Discovery.)
Rowling advised Graham she nonetheless talks to the solid.
“I’ve. Sure, I do,” she mentioned. “I imply, some greater than others, however that was at all times the case. You understand some I knew higher than others.”