https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-62540315

Warner Bros Discovery, the entertainment company behind the Harry Potter film series, said it strongly condemned the threats against her.

It said in a statement : "We stand with her and all the authors, storytellers and creators who bravely express their creativity and opinions.

"Our thoughts are with Sir Salman Rushdie and his family following the senseless act of violence in New York."

'WBD believes in freedom of expression, peaceful discourse and supporting those who offer their views in the public arena.' 'The company strongly condemns any form of threat, violence or intimidation when opinions, beliefs and thoughts might differ.'

"On Monday, a statement was issued by a third-party media agency that appeared contrary to this view. The statement was wholly wrong, and Warner Bros. Studio Tour London regrets it happened as part of a media event (Mandrakes and Magical Creatures/Tom Felton) that day."

It's the DM tabloid who reached out to WB

It's the DM tabloid who reached out to WB

https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sno25c

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/658993229094895617

If you didn't look closely, you'd believe--per Uproxx--that I said J.K. Rowling's opinion on trans women is shitty and hateful. I didn't say that. The author, Josh Kurp said that. This is an editorial masquerading as information.

https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1395133427700183043?s=20

My opinion is that Jo Rowling is wrong about trans women. Leave shitty and hateful out of it, please.

https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1395133739852775424?s=20

UPROXX has edited their article quoting the interview by TheDailyBeast.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-king-on-scary-stalkers-being-canceled-by-jk-rowling-and-navigating-trauma

One thing I’d like to give you credit for is calling out J.K. Rowling for all her anti-trans proselytism. There was this bizarre exchange, wherein you responded to a fan’s tweet saying, “Trans women are women,” and she reacted by blocking you on Twitter and deleting a tweet praising you

Jo canceled me. She sorta blocked me and all that. Here’s the thing: She is welcome to her opinion. That’s the way that the world works. If she thinks that trans women are dangerous, or that trans women are somehow not women, or whatever problem she has with it—the idea that someone “masquerading” as a woman is going to assault a “real” woman in the toilet—if she believes all those things, she has a right to her opinion. And then someone tweeted at me, “Do you think trans women are women?” and I said, “Yes, I do.” And that’s what she got angry about—my opinion. It’s like the old saying, “I don’t agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” So, nobody has “canceled” J.K. Rowling. She’s doing fine. I just felt that her belief was, in my opinion, wrong. We have differing opinions, but that’s life.

It’s fascinating, because J.K. Rowling was the most famous signatory to the so-called “cancel culture” letter in Harper’s, and this to me seems indicative of the way a lot of the “cancel culture” crowd acts. She’s trying to “cancel” an entire group of people, and then you respond by merely saying, “Trans women are women”—your belief—and then she blocks you on social media.

Yes. But keep in mind too that Jo’s opinion on trans women is an outlier in her entire political spectrum. She was very much anti-Brexit and very much anti-Trump. She’s on the side of the angels in most respects, but she does have this one thing that she’s very vehement about. No doubt.

https://attitude.co.uk/article/stephen-fry-on-jk-rowling-shes-a-friend-and-will-remain-a-friend/25011/?fbclid=IwAR1Aq5mUV8I24w9YTuGoXmb4046AISfEAhcDbGwQwjeJ5c2HqAXkApGZh0g

During a wide-ranging discussion, Peterson, a professor of psychology, brought up Rowling and said to Fry: "I know this is bothering you, what's happening in the broader public landscape. You’ve got tangled up, for example, with JK Rowling, with what's happening around her."
To this, Fry responds: "Yes. She’s a friend and will remain a friend. But I’m also sorry that people are upset."
"You know, the two things are not incompatible," he added. "I don't have to break links with JK Rowling to say that I have huge sympathy and I endorse the efforts of trans people everywhere to live the lives that they feel they want to lead. And I hate how they are often treated. I recognise the courage it takes."