Former US talk show host Jon Stewart has hit out at JK Rowling for the "anti-Semitic" imagery used in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
The comedian said it was "so weird" that people had not reacted to the "Jews" running the underground wizarding bank Gringotts.
It comes as the world-famous writer faces further backlash for her views on transgender rights. Stewart discussed the scenes set in the magical bank, run by goblins, on the podcast The Problem with Jon Stewart."Talking to people, here's what I say, 'Have you ever seen a Harry Potter movie?
Have you ever seen the scenes in Gringotts Bank?"' he said."'Do you know what those folks who run the bank are? Jews!'"Let me show this - it's the protocols of the Elders of
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