The billionaire author, who has long been at the center of heated debates over gender identity, hinted at her disdain for Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint in a cryptic social media post.
Rowling recently responded to a social media post that asked: “What actor/actress instantly ruins a movie for you?”
Rowling replied: “Three guesses. Sorry, but that was irresistible,” followed by three laughing emojis.
While she didn’t name names, many interpreted the comment as a thinly veiled jab at Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint – all of whom publicly condemned her views on transgender rights in 2020.
Rowling’s rift with the Harry Potter trio began when she published an essay on sexual assault, in which she called transgender identity “deeply misogynistic and regressive.”
Radcliffe quickly distanced himself from the author, writing in an essay for The Trevor Project: “Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people.”
Watson also voiced support for trans rights, telling her followers: “Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned.”
Rowling later fired back in 2024, saying she was unlikely to forgive Radcliffe or Watson, accusing them of “cozying up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights.”
But Rowling’s recent social media post wasn’t the only time she made headlines this week.
The Harry Potter author also reacted to Donald Trump’s latest executive order, which bans transgender women from competing in female sports at all levels.
The order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”, mandates “immediate enforcement” against schools and athletic associations that allow trans women to compete in female-only sports or access single-sex changing rooms.
Speaking before signing the order, Trump declared: “We’ve gotten the woke lunacy out of our military, and now we’re getting it out of women’s sports.”
He also took aim at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, vowing to block transgender athletes from competing.
“In Los Angeles in 2028, my administration will not stand by and watch men beat and batter female athletes. We’re not going to let it happen.”
He even directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to deny visas to transgender women athletes attempting to enter the U.S. for the games.
Rowling, who has long opposed transgender inclusion in women’s sports, wasted no time reacting to Trump’s move.
Sharing a photo of Trump surrounded by female athletes after signing the order, she wrote: “Congratulations to every single person on the left who’s been campaigning to destroy women’s and girls’ rights.
“Without you, there’d be no images like this.”
