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Blooming hell, Piers Morgan

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MrMrsJones · 30/12/2021 11:16

Piers Morgan standing up for JKR.

I had the link but lost it...brb

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roopy770 · 30/12/2021 12:03

This isn’t anything new. He has always maintained he doesn’t even like JKR but that she has been treated appallingly and on this she is 100% right.

DysonSphere · 30/12/2021 11:52

To a degree, I think I can't disrespect someone's right to a different opinion and Chris (actor who plays weasley) is, I think, in a particularly difficult place, as he says he has a lot of family members who are LGBT. I can understand that.

I daresay the book being what it is, it will naturally draw many people who feel displaced towards it. The books are pure escapism and for those who need to reimagine themselves, perhaps it's particularly appealing. Maybe this drives the fanaticism around the books. All the actors as such (well in Emma's case, she just appears to have had the sort of ease in early life which means you can embrace all trendy issues without much scrutiny as it will never affect you, which might explain some of the ridiculous things she comes out with) are under a lot of pressure, as they doubtless are seen as natural figure heads for lgbtq+ charities and likely receive tons of fan mail from people struggling with gender dysphoria.

What I can't respect is throwing JK under the bus. That's uncalled for.

Piers Morgan has been quite vocal about challenging this issue before, so not unexpected, and he's done so quite intelligently on those occasions, but the problem is he has spent so much time 'lambasting' celebs over relative trivia. His voice now just sounds like a lot of din in the background, which imo, is a shame.

senua · 30/12/2021 11:33

It's funny how that Mirror reporter slips in a descriptor of JKR's views as "controversial" in the very first sentence. Note the usual tactic of disparaging her views without actually detailing them or the (non-existent) fault.
Piers Morgan, whatever you think of him, is quite good at spotting what the man/woman on the street thinks; he has his ear to the ground. Piers and most of the the rest of us understand science and don't think that belief in it is 'damaging'.

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