Emma Watson appeared to slam Harry Potter author JK Rowling as she took to the stage at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday.
Without Rowling, it is unlikely that she would have the career she now enjoys. So she disagrees with Rowling over the trans issue. Fine. But Rowling is objectively correct on the matter. You know, “the science” and all that. Or does “the science” not apply now?
I struggle to keep up sometimes. All I do know is that being lectured by a bunch of vacuous know-nothing actors and actresses pisses me off. I’m really not interested in hearing the ill-informed opinions of actors and actresses who are clearly mired in their own ignorance.
I always think of actors as trained human parrots. Which is rather ironic because I actually have a professional acting qualification.
Why? Don’t ask…. Polly wanna cracker! Aaark!
So why anyone takes actors seriously outside of their profession is daft, because being an actor means you are always trying to be someone else. At least if you’re doing the job properly.
I think Ricky Gervais said it best at an awards ceremony some years ago that no one outside that room is interested in their personal views, and that they should accept their award, thank their agent, and fuck off!
Actors tend to be narcissists and this influences the nature of the work they have chosen. Top actors are often top narcissists.
Would the world be a better place if there were no OSCARs, no BAFTA awards etc?
Why did you even have t mention her?
She struck lucky first with her posh parents and then being a cute little girl who could talk propah and landing a part playing a cute little girl who could talk propah.
She has grown into a not so cute woman who with the aid of CGI can play a cute little girl who can talk propah.
She is destined to marry someone very rich, do “Good Works” and get Damed.
I quite agree LR. As far as I am concerned JK Rowling has got it right.
Aren’t a lot of people really reading too much into what is an oblique statement? God knows I’m no fan of Watson for all her pushing of ‘Me Too’ and ‘Net Zero’ but on this occasion I think the commentators imaginations are working overtime, and I say this as someone who backs Rowling 100%
If I hadn’t watched the sky-but-smug turning to triumphal-but-smug expression on her face as she said it, then I might agree. But having seen it, I can’t.
She looks quite appalling to me. I think it’s all the lefty bitterness seeping out of her.
Isn’t it the case that J.K.Rowling has now amassed a sufficient amount of money to be able to give zero fucks about what the likes of Watson think? I don’t know why she felt the need to get involved in this ludicrous debate. Just live out your life in your enormous mansion and ignore these infantile halfwits.
Alternatively, she has amassed enough to be able to give them the two fingers without being cancelled, because she is effectively uncancellable.
Oh god, I hope that JK Rowling is actually a man…
Yet another champagne socialist who thinks her opinion is of value. My opinion – which is much more valuable – is that actors make their money by doing what they’re told. We don’t need them to stretch themselves with independent thinking and the infliction of the results on every bugger else.
In this argument I hope both sides lose. JK Rowling is a champagne socialist who is on the receiving end of woke anger. No sympathy. Not allowed to go off-message if you’re a Lefty and she’s on the hit-list now.