Emma Watson Gets Gross Backlash For Shading J.K. Rowling's Transphobia At BAFTA Awards: 'Biting The Hand That Fed You'
14.03.2022 - 23:25
/ perezhilton.com
Fans think Emma Watson just bashed J.K. Rowling — for the best reason!
The Harry Potter star appeared at the BAFTA Awards on Sunday to present the award for outstanding British film to Belfast, but fans believe she slyly used the opportunity to speak up for the transgender community while she was at it! As Perezcious readers know, J.K. has made headlines for her transphobic tweets over the years — something that Emma (as well as co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint) has continually fought against! And the evening’s appearance seemed to be no exception.
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Host Rebel Wilson introduced the actress to the stage, saying:
That prompted Watson to insist as she took the stage:
The way she emphasized that “all.” Mm-hmm. She knew what she was doing.
Hermione even earned quite the cheer from the audience — take a listen (below)!
Love it!
But not everyone did! Plenty of Potter fans — or maybe just haters of all things woke? — crawled out to bash Emma for “biting the hand that fed” her because she “owes” the author her career:
Thankfully we don’t even need to respond — as the Order of the Phoenix was there to rise up and smack down that gross argument that Emma doesn’t have the right to voice her opinion!
Couldn’t have said it better ourselves! Thoughts?!
[Image via TODAY/HBO Max/YouTube]
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