{"id":1178668,"date":"2022-01-01T22:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T03:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1178668"},"modified":"2022-01-01T22:04:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T03:04:18","slug":"j-k-rowling-gets-few-seconds-of-screen-time-in-hbo-maxs-harry-potter-20th-anniversary-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-k-rowling-gets-few-seconds-of-screen-time-in-hbo-maxs-harry-potter-20th-anniversary-special\/","title":{"rendered":"J.K. Rowling Gets Few Seconds of Screen Time in HBO Max\u2019s &#039;Harry Potter&#039; 20th Anniversary Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fj-k-rowling-gets-few-seconds-of-screen-time-in-hbo-maxs-harry-potter-20th-anniversary-special%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1178668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jk-rowling-nov2018-movie-author-ap.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The HBO Max <em>Harry Potter<\/em> reunion made it clear that J.K. Rowling was not directly involved by flashing a Disclaimer every time the author briefly appeared, informing the audience that her interviews were filmed back in 2019 \u2014 before she kicked the woke, transgender activist beehive by stating that biological women are women and calling out those who disagree.<\/p>\n<p>In Harry<em> Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014 which aired on Saturday \u2014 Rowling was seen only a handful of times during the nearly two-hour special, and only appeared in archival footage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRowling probably amounts to no more than 30 seconds of screen time in the feature-length special,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Vulture&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2022\/01\/harry-potter-20th-anniversary-special-j-k-rowling-appears.html?utm_campaign=vulture&amp;utm_medium=s1&amp;utm_source=tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>References to Rowling were also scant, as cast members and directors only mentioned a few anecdotes about the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> author\u2019s involvement in filming and production of the eight blockbuster films.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling, HBO, and Warner Bros. have stayed quiet about the reasoning behind her&nbsp;absence, although an HBO spokesperson told the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> that producers had approached Rowling for an interview, but failed to explain whether she refused to have an interview or if the footage had been thrown out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Watch&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><b><i>below:&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Instead, the spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/how-the-harry-potter-20th-anniversary-special-shunned-jk-rowling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> said producers felt the old interview footage featuring Rowling was \u201cadequate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the HBO spokesperson did not clarify the reason for Rowling\u2019s&nbsp;absence and the&nbsp;sparse references to the author, it follows her&nbsp;calling out transgender extremists in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>While Rowling herself is an ardent liberal and a self-professed feminist, she has nonetheless been under attack by radical left-wing and transgender activists ever since she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2020\/06\/06\/j-k-rowling-rips-concept-biological-sex-is-a-social-construct-it-isnt-hate-to-speak-the-truth\/\">said<\/a> in 2020 that only women can menstruate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In November, the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/22\/j-k-rowling-receives-many-death-threats-after-home-doxed\/\">revealed<\/a> that she has received \u201cso many death threats\u201d after a group of \u201cactivist actors\u201d posted a photo revealing the address of her home in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><em>Harry Potter<\/em> stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, have also all publicly distanced themselves from Rowling after she dared speak about biological facts.<\/p>\n<p>Radcliffe, who starred as Harry in the film adaptations of J.K. Rowling\u2019s <em>Harry Potter<\/em> book series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2020\/06\/09\/trans-women-are-women-daniel-radcliffe-hits-j-k-rowling-for-opposing-woke-gender-theory\/\">proclaimed<\/a> that \u201ctransgender women are women,\u201d and said that he is \u201cdeeply sorry for the pain\u201d allegedly caused by Rowling.<br \/>Watson has also reacted to Rowling\u2019s comments, tweeting the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren\u2019t who they say they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaWatson\/status\/1270826851070619649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Grint&nbsp;also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2020\/06\/15\/harry-potter-star-rupert-grint-turns-on-j-k-rowling-trans-women-are-women\/\">turned on Rowling<\/a> after she cited the scientific fact transgender women are unable to menstruate, claiming, \u201cTrans women are women,\u201d and \u201cTrans men are men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woke mob has also also now labeled Rowling a \u201cTERF\u201d (trans exclusionary radical feminist), a term referring to feminists who are considered too \u201cradical\u201d for even left-wing activists, as they do not believe that a biological man is a woman.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and Twitter at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HBO Max Harry Potter reunion made it clear that J.K. 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