Overview
- In a Sept. 24 appearance on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast, Watson discussed her relationship with Rowling and her views on transgender rights.
- Watson said she is “always” open to a private conversation with Rowling and called it “most upsetting” that such a dialogue “was never made possible.”
- She reaffirmed her 2020 stance that “trans people are who they say they are,” explaining her reluctance to add to what she called a “toxic” public debate.
- Watson acknowledged Rowling’s kindness and the opportunity she created with Hermione, saying there is “no world” in which she would cancel that part of her life.
- She explained her acting hiatus after 2019’s Little Women as a wellbeing choice tied to emotional strain and isolation on sets, while stressing she has not quit acting.