JK Rowling: I knew views on trans issues would make Potter fans deeply unhappy

JK Rowling: I knew views on trans issues would make Potter fans deeply unhappy (Yui Mok/PA)

JK Rowling says she “absolutely knew” that her comments and views on transgender issues would make Harry Potter fans “deeply unhappy”.

The world famous author said despite an enormous backlash to a tweet made in 2019, there were “a tonne of Potter fans that were grateful that I said what I said”.