Keira Knightley laughs at the idea of boycotting JKR

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You have to watch the vid to get it. That is a classic British "sorry" used as a weapon. The media are spinning this as Kiera apologising. That is a posh British women very much NOT apologising and dismissing the entire idea of doing so.

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Kate Barker-Mawjee
Keira’s laugh says it all. Trans extremism has peaked and no one is afraid of it any more.
https://nitter.net/KateBMwriting/status/1978111954108432753#m

Asked if she knew that “some fans are calling for a Harry Potter boycott”.

Knightley said: “I was not aware of that, no. I’m very sorry. You know, I think we’re all living in a period of time right now where we’re all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren’t we? And we’ve all got very different opinions.”

She added: “I hope that we can all find respect.”

We are winning.

I know it would be nice if all women said what we really think openly. However many women don't feel comfortable doing that. Keira has a career to think about, but we know which side she is on. Women do say what they think on Mumsnet though and in private. Fighting back includes open defiance, and not so subtle digs and many many women specialise in that.

One of the biggest attempted cancelations in history and it is suddenly no longer relevant or even happened.

It is very irritating at one level, but this is exactly how we win. The idea of cancelling women over trans stuff is a JOKE.

Oooh I want to know too.
I always enjoyed watching his TV dramas but since he lost the plot and went all 'protect the dolls' and so on, I can't even bear to see his face (that goes for many other actors I used to enjoy before they became TRA)

Skimmed the article. What a load of mawkish crap. Is this person really making a living as a journalist?

On David Tennant: I adored his Casanova, his Crowley, his absolutely astonishingly brilliant readings of the How To Train Your Dragon books (my very late teen DC still listen to them, they're that good).

And now the sight of his face and the sound of his voice make my skin crawl. Like Izzard. Misogynists give me the terminal ick.

I’ve always liked the cut of her jib.

Keira has failed in her allyship to trans people

Tut tut, Keira, off to the gulag with you.

Is this the Metro “newspaper” given out free at stations that by 9am is trodden all over the floor of every tube?

My interpretation is that she apologised (half heartedly) for not having been aware of the supposed controversy among fans.

I don't think the 'apology' had anything to do with JKR's opinions.
ETA, not that it's possible to apologise for someone else's opinions anyway!

My interpretation is that it was entirely neutral as a response. She apologised to the interviewer for not being aware and laughed awkwardly because she had been put on the spot about a very controversial topic.

I've watched the clip a few times.
What it says to me is 'i wasn't aware of that, I'm verrrry sorry (ha, of course I'm not, don't be ridiculous!) it looks like she's barely managing to keep a straight face and not eyeroll at just how pathetic it all is.

Maybe she was unaware. But I find that hard to believe. Unless she's been living under a rock for the past few years, surely she would know the controversy around JKR and all the disputes with former Harry Potter stars

Most normal people don’t know about it, unless they’re interested in this type of thing. I don’t think celebrities who aren’t in touch with reality would know

Ha I read a couple of headlines and was thinking badly of KN for apologising, thinking it would be nice if she had more backbone than that!
Glad I watched the clip now, it’s definitely a “sorry I don’t really care what some deranged idiots think”
She obviously knows about the “controversy” around JKR unless she’s been living in a cave so I think she meant she didn’t specifically know about a boycott and she doesn’t care anyway!
KN a secret TERF? 😆

But she's not a normal person. She's an actress so I would have expected her to know about what goes on in the acting world. I would see it as having signed up to work with Weinstein and having no idea about any controversy surrounding him.
But maybe you're right. Maybe she doesn't read the news and lives in a bubble.
At the very least though, I would have assumed her agent would have told her

She’s definitely aware. She’s struggling to take the interviewer seriously. It’s not the words she uses but her tone and body language especially when she looks away.

Yes, her sorry it's a very firm one, leaving her opinion hanging in the air rather uncomfortably I would think for the interviewer.

Sorry, you think that agreeing to work on the Harry Potter audio book despite some people being upset that JK Rowling doesn't believe humans can change sex is like agreeing to work with a known sex offender?

How is that in any way equivalent?

Apart from anything else, pretty much everyone continued to turn a blind eye to Weinstein's crimes until he was actually arrested, despite the fact that being a rapist is clearly far worse than being a - checks notes - feminist.

OK, so what would you expect her to do with that knowledge assuming she was aware of it?

I would expect her to do exactly what she did. Dismiss it with a sharp 'sorry' for the nonsense that it is and then tell people they should be kinder, as feminists are always told we should be.

Telegraph
Keira Knightley has just shown how the trans mob can be beaten
When confronted with a question about a Harry Potter boycott, the actress remained poised and stood her ground – celebrities, take note
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Laugh and dismiss. Nothing more.

The interviewer shouldn’t have asked a stupid question that she knows is potentially divisive 🤷‍♀️ Maybe the interviewer needs to understand that she might not get the right answer?

Anyway well done to KK!

Why are you arguing with me? As far as I recall we tend to be on the same page.

I didn't say her agreeing to work with her was like agreeing to work with Weinstein.

I was referring to the suggestion she was ignorant of the whole JKR saga. And that as an actress, involved in that world, surely she would be aware of high profile controversies, particularly relating to JKR of she's going to be involved with her.

Therefore, I assume she was aware, and rightly laughed and dismissed the whole.thing as non sense...without saying it in so many words

Well, that is slightly different to what she did.

She claimed to be unaware of the controversy, which I think most of us agree was probably untrue.

If someone asks you your opinion about a controversy, you have essentially two choices. Either you claim to be unaware of the controversy, or you acknowledge that you are aware of it and say what your opinion is.

She could have said, "Yes, I am aware of that, and I think they're being absolutely ridiculous and need to grow up."

Saying, "Sorry, I don't know about that, but you know, everyone has different opinions and we are all going to have to find a way to live together" is a softer approach, with more plausible deniability.

The former would have been more ballsy, possibly to the point of stupidity in an industry where every other person has a "trans child". She's at the sort of age where what she does in the next few years will determine whether she stops getting new roles and becomes a "former actress", or continues to get new and interesting roles and eventually joins the ranks of women like Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Whilst I would have been popping the champagne if she had told these idiots to get stuffed, her actual response was far more effective. No reasonable person could disagree with the statement that "everyone has different opinions and we are all going to have to find a way to live together", which means that everyone who is currently throwing their toys out of the pram and saying that they "don't accept Keira Knightley's apology" is showing themselves to be an unreasonable person.

Just watched it. That was a verbal eyeroll to a tantrumming toddler. Superb.

She claimed to be unaware of the controversy, which I think most of us agree was probably untrue.

It didn't seem to me like she was saying she was unaware of the whole controversy about JKR, women's rights and trans demands. It was more like she was saying she wasn't aware of that particular boycott demand, as per the question asked - in a kind of "uh really can't say I pay that kind of crap much attention" kind of way.

I don't think she has no clue about the whole situation, but she wasn't claiming that IMO.

I’m surprised agents aren’t saying you can’t ask questions about this any more. It’s getting a bit boring now.

I would - genuinely and without a laugh - like to apologize for anything rude I might have said about Keira Knightley in the past. I was wrong. She’s great.