'Harry Potter' actress Evanna Lynch spoke out against cancel culture and defended author J.K. Rowling in a recent interview with U.K. outlet The Telegraph.
denounced Rowling, Lynch provided a somewhat more nuanced take on the author on social media, writing,"I won’t be helping to marginalize trans women and men further. I think it’s irresponsible to discuss such a delicate topic over Twitter through fragmented thoughts and I wish Jo wouldn’t … That said, as a friend and admirer of Jo I can’t forget what a generous and loving person she is."
The fact that Lynch maintained friendly feelings towards Rowling earned her backlash from activists determined to brand Rowling as a"transphobe." Meanwhile, the media had lumped her in with the actors admonishing the author. Lynch eventually deleted her Twitter account due to the social media fury over the Rowling tweets.However, Lynch told The Telegraph that her past judgment of Rowling, though it was less condemning than her colleagues’ views, was still too one-sided.
She said,"I was very naive when I was dragged into that conversation. I didn’t even know there were two sides. I had a view of, like, good and bad. I do have compassion for both sides of the argument. I know what it was like to be a teenager who hated my body so much I wanted to crawl out of my skin, so I have great compassion for trans people and I don’t want to add to their pain."
Lynch defended Rowling’s views, saying,"I do also think it’s important that JK Rowling has been amplifying. I had this impulse to go, ‘Let’s all just stop talking about it’, and I think probably I’m a bit braver now about having uncomfortable conversations." Left to right: Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley in the 'Harry Potter' franchise.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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