J.K. Rowling has responded after Emma Watson made conciliatory comments in a podcast posted Wednesday about their relationship which has been marked for years by conflicting views on transgender rights.

On Monday, Rowling posted to her 14.4 million X followers a nearly 700-word response to Watson’s latest remarks about their ongoing conflict.

“Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology,” Rowling wrote. “Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn’t want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them.”

She then targeted Watson and her “Harry Potter” co-star Daniel Radcliff for their public critiques of the author’s views.

“However, Emma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few yea

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