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- [Narrator] JK Rowling
swears her ruined legacy

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is actually one big misunderstanding.

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The "Harry Potter" author is once again

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addressing the fallout she faced

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after tweeting a bunch of
transphobic stuff in 2020.

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Those tweets pissed off and
alienated a lot of people.

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It also made buying that new
"Hogwarts Legacy" video game

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a moral dilemma.

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In an upcoming podcast,

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titled "The Witch Trials of JK Rowling",

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Rowling says, quote,

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"What has interested me in recent years

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particularly on social media,

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is when fans say, 'You've
ruined your legacy.

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Oh, you could have been beloved forever,

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but you chose to say this.'

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And I think

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you could have not misunderstood
me more profoundly."

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In the trailer for the
podcast, Rowling says,

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"I never set out to upset anyone.

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However, I was not uncomfortable

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with getting off my pedestal."

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"The Witch Trials of JK Rowling"

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is set to premiere February 21st,

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in case you care to hear a billionaire

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whine about cancel culture.