Tom Felton has continued to assist JK Rowling, saying he’s ‘not attuned’ to the controversy surrounding her and her views on trans girls.
His feedback come days after the Harry Potter actor confirmed he’ll reprise his position as Draco Malfoy within the Broadway manufacturing of Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby.
This information, met with combined reactions from an already polarised fanbase, got here after hypothesis that he may play Lucius within the TV reboot.
Whereas attending the 2025 Tony Awards, the 37-year-old actor was requested if the controversy surrounding Rowling had impacted his determination to return to the franchise.
The Potter writer, 59, has misplaced an enormous variety of followers and been concerned in X spats with a number of celebrities over her beliefs and backing of controversial campaigns. She denies being transphobic.
Nevertheless, Felton informed Selection he was merely ‘not likely that attuned to it’ and praised Rowling for ‘bringing the world collectively’.
He stated: ‘I’ve not seen something deliver the world collectively greater than Potter. She’s liable for that, so I’m extremely grateful.’
The clip, posted on X, shortly garnered a considerable amount of backlash for an ‘ignorant and disrespectful’ response.
TrevorBriggs shared: ‘He’s an actor, he wants a job, received it. However “not likely attuned to it” is an ignorant and disrespectful response. It’s what you say when you understand your boss is a chunk of s**t, however don’t need to rock the boat.’
‘Ignorance isn’t the slay you assume it’s, queen 💁🏼♀️,’ added omgplasticmenus as kennyroysgrammy stated: ‘That is truly the worst reply you may give you I’m virtually impressed.’
A slew of feedback from varied followers referred to as him a ‘loser’ and insisted that he must ‘transfer on’ from the franchise.
Others stated the response revealed the ‘privileged’ place Felton was in to not have to consider the controversy surrounding Rowling.
This isn’t the primary time the Draco Malfoy actor has shared his ideas on the matter, although, as in a earlier interview with The Occasions, Felton stated he ‘received’t discuss specifics’.
He continued: ‘I couldn’t communicate for what others have stated or what she stated, to be fully trustworthy, however I’m typically reminded, attending Comedian-Cons specifically, that nobody has single-handedly performed extra for bringing pleasure to so many various generations and walks of life.
‘I’m continuously reminded of her constructive work in that subject and as an individual. I’ve solely had a handful of conferences together with her however she has at all times been pretty. So I’m very grateful for that.
‘I’m professional. I’m pro-choice. I’m pro-life. I’m pro-discussion. I’m pro-love. I don’t have a tendency to select sides.’
Some Harry Potter stars within the franchise have taken comparable stances to Felton, together with his on-screen dad Jason Isaacs.
The White Lotus actor informed The Telegraph in 2022 that he didn’t ‘need to get drawn into the trans points’ as it’s ‘such a rare minefield’.
He added: ‘One of many issues that individuals ought to find out about her too — not as a counter-argument — is that she has poured an infinite quantity of her fortune into making the world a a lot better place, for tons of of 1000’s of susceptible youngsters by her charity Lumos.
‘And that’s unequivocally good. Many people Harry Potter actors have labored for it, and seen on the bottom the work that they do.
‘So for all that she has stated some very controversial issues, I used to be not going to be leaping to stab her within the entrance — or again — with no dialog together with her, which I’ve not managed to have but.’
Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and different forged members have additionally shared their ideas over time, prompting sturdy reactions from followers both means.
In the meantime, main man Daniel Radcliffe — who received a Tony Award for Merrily We Roll Alongside final yr — stated he was ‘actually unhappy’ concerning the rupture between the writer and himself.
He has lengthy been a vocal ally of the LGBTQ+ group and beforehand shared an announcement by way of The Trevor Venture affirming his views on transphobia.
‘Transgender girls are girls,’ Radcliffe wrote. ‘Any assertion on the contrary erases the identification and dignity of transgender folks and goes in opposition to all recommendation given by skilled well being care associations who’ve way more experience on this material than both Jo or I.’
Metro has reached out to Tom Felton’s workforce for remark.
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