JK Rowling crashes out in long rant as Harry Potter director blames her for lack of reunion

A 60-year-old should not be this addicted to Twitter meltdowns

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Keyboard warrior JK Rowling is at it again, this time launching into a Twitter rant after director Chris Columbus said there would be no Harry Potter reunion because of her political views.

Chris Columbus directed both Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, with later instalments in the franchise being directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates. Though people have long hoped for a Harry Potter reunion, Chris said it’s “impossible” in light of Rowling’s jarring left turn into the world of rampant transphobia under the guise of feminism.

“It’s never going to happen with all that political stuff. Everyone in the cast has their own opinion, which is different from her opinion, which makes it impossible,” he argued in a new interview with The Times.

“I haven’t spoken to Miss Rowling in a decade or so, so I have no idea what’s going on with her, but I keep very close contact with Daniel Radcliffe, and I just spoke to him a few days ago, I still have a great relationship with all the kids in the cast.”

Permanently glued to Twitter, JK Rowling fired back at Chris Columbus in a new post.

JK Rowling listed the ‘beliefs’ Chris Columbus referenced

As another man who once worked with me declares himself saddened by my beliefs on gender and sex, I thought it might be useful to compile a list for handy reference. Which of the following do you imagine makes actors and directors who aren’t involved with the HBO reboot of Harry…

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 1, 2025

In a long Twitter post that has been viewed eight million times, JK Rowling replied to Chris Columbus after dubbing him “another man who once worked with me.”

“As another man who once worked with me declares himself saddened by my beliefs on gender and sex, I thought it might be useful to compile a list for handy reference. Which of the following do you imagine makes actors and directors who aren’t involved with the HBO reboot of Harry Potter so miserable?” she wrote.

Reminder, if everyone hates you, maybe you're the problem Rob. https://t.co/Lao1wBMevy

— Pandemos (@ThePandemos) September 1, 2025

She continued to outline said “beliefs” that her former co-worker might have taken issue with:

Is it my belief that women and girls should have their own public changing rooms and bathrooms?
That women should retain female-only rape crisis centres?
That men don’t belong in women’s sport?
That female prisoners shouldn’t be incarcerated with violent men and male sex offenders?
That women should remain a protected class in law, because they have sex-specific needs and issues?
That language should reflect reality rather than ideological jargon, especially in a medical context?
That women shouldn’t be harassed, persecuted or fired for refusing to pretend humans can change sex?
That women should not be threatened with violence and rape when they assert their rights?
That freedom of speech and belief are essential to a pluralistic democratic society?
That troubled minors, especially those who are gay, autistic and trauma-experienced, should be given mental health support instead of irreversible surgeries and drug treatments on non-existent evidence of benefit?
That gay people shouldn’t be pressured to include the opposite sex in their dating pools, nor should they be smeared as ‘genital fetishists’ when they don’t?
That cross-dressing heterosexual male fetishists aren’t actually oppressed, but having the time of their lives piggybacking off gender identity ideology?

In the final line, she said pro-trans movements had done more damage to the “political left’s credibility” than Donald Trump and Nigel Farage “could have achieved in a century.”

“Let me have your thoughts,” she ended the post with, to rave applause from Terfs on Twitter.

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