The Harry Potter book series’ author previously revealed she was a victim of domestic violence by her first husband, but she had avoided speaking about her sad experience so as not to harm her daughter, Jessica.
Joanne K Rowling’s first husband, Jorge Arantes, has admitted to slapping the famous writer, but he does not feel sorry about it.
Rowling had earlier revealed she had experienced domestic abuse from Arantes, a Portuguese TV reporter, while also admitting that she was sexually assaulted in the past but without mentioning any specific names. The author explained she opened up about the issue to elaborate on her previous tweets about transgender women. In a long post published on Wednesday, Rowling defended her past comments and said she could relate to any traumatic experience.
Rowling has been criticised for being “anti-trans” after she posted a tweet mocking the title of an article about “people who menstruate”.
She then faced a huge backlash from social media users and her colleagues, who considered her opinion about transgender people offensive, including Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Fantastic Beasts actor Eddie Redmayne.
Rowling was previously slammed for “transphobia” after she defended a woman who lost an employment tribunal case over her tweets about transgender people.
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