A difficult relationship. Rupert Grint opened up about his “tricky” relationship with Harry Potter author J.K.
Rowling in the wake of her controversial anti-trans comments.“I liken J.K. Rowling to an auntie,” Grint, 33, wrote in a piece for the UK’s The Times on Saturday, January 15. “I don’t necessarily agree with everything my auntie says, but she’s still my auntie.
It’s a tricky one.”After Rowling, 56, posted several tweets featuring anti-trans sentiments, the actor shared a statement expressing solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community in 2020. “I firmly stand with the trans community.
Trans women are women. Trans men are men,” Grint told Us Weekly at the time. “We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment.” Grint’s Harry Potter costars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson also issued statements condemning Rowling’s tweets.The Servant star previously spoke about his decision to speak out in support of the trans community during a March 2021 interview with Esquire. “Sometimes silence is even louder,” Grint said at the time. “I felt like I had to [speak] because I think it was important to.”He added that he felt compelled to say something “just out of kindness, and just respecting people.
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