After Emma Watson offered a thoughtful and nuanced account of her relationship with J.K. Rowling in light of the Harry Potter creator’s anti-trans stances , Rowling responded by lambasting the actress as “ignorant.”

During a recent podcast appearance, Watson described how she’s still able to value Rowling as a person, and the time the two spent together, saying, “I really don’t believe that by having had that experience, and holding the love and support and views that I have, means that I can’t and don’t treasure Jo and the person that I had personal experiences with. I will never believe that one negates the other and that my experience of that person I don’t get to keep and cherish. I just don’t think these things are either/or.”

Rowling, however, dismissed Watson’s assessm

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