J.K. Rowling’s agent fired back at Lilly Wachowski after “The Matrix” co-creator accused the “Harry Potter” author of causing “trans genocide” and compared her to the Nazis.
Wachowski, who identifies as transgender, made the accusations during an interview with Variety that touched on Hollywood’s reluctance to finance “cool and queer trans stories” and the forthcoming HBO adaptation of Rowling’s books.
When Variety described Rowling and Tesla CEO Elon Musk as having inflicted “an enormous amount of cultural damage on the trans community,” Wachowski replied, “These people are Nazis. They’re literal Nazis.”
“As much as another country can, I think they need to be fighting back against hate speech and shutting those platforms down,” Wachowski added.
When pressed on the new “Harry Potter” television series, Wachowski accused Rowling of using proceeds from the franchise to support legislation targeting transgender people.
“She is funding trans genocide,” Wachowski said. “J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.”
“The money that goes into you enjoying these products, a portion of that money goes to J.K. Rowling and that money goes into her funding anti-trans legislation all over the world,” Wachowski continued.
Wachowski compared boycotting “Harry Potter” to refusing to purchase a Tesla because of objections to Musk or reducing gasoline consumption because of concerns about climate change.
“It’s simple math,” Wachowski said. “So, your enjoyment of these shows, and continued support of these shows, is supporting my eradication.”
Rowling’s agent, Neil Blair, rejected the allegations.
“Freedom of speech is a principle we should all cherish,” Blair said. “What matters is that J.K. Rowling’s views, as with anyone else’s, are represented accurately, fairly and respectfully and that individual opinion does not detract from those views.”
Blair said the J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund supports women pursuing legal action in the United Kingdom to preserve sex-based protections under the Equality Act 2010.
“People are free to disagree with her views but seriously defamatory allegations of this nature, even outrageously invoking the Nazis and the genocide that they committed, should never be presented as fact when they are clearly fabricated and not based on any evidence,” the statement concluded.
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