J.K. Rowling, the celebrated author of the Harry Potter series, has been in hot water for her controversial comments about transgender people for a long time now. With people coming up to show their support and many expressing their distaste for her comments over the years she has been the topic of the talk on many occasions. The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling is a podcast that explores this topic in depth.
In a recent interview on the podcast The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, she claimed that she has been deeply misunderstood and that she is not preoccupied with how the controversy will affect her legacy.
J.K. Rowling Defends her Stance
In the interview, J.K. Rowling emphasized that she never meant to upset anyone with her comments about trans women. She added that those who claim that she has ruined her legacy have misunderstood her more profoundly and that she does not walk around her house, thinking about her legacy. Instead, she cares about the present and the living.
“I do not walk around my house, thinking about my legacy,” she says in the first episode. “You know, what a pompous way to live your life walking around thinking, ‘What will my legacy be?’ Whatever, I’ll be dead. I care about now. I care about the living.