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Jason Isaacs weighs into JK Rowling controversy but admits he won't 'stab her in the back'
"So for all that she has said some very controversial things," he said."I was not going to be jumping to stab her in the front – or back – without a conversation with her, which I've not managed to have yet.""She has her opinions, I have mine.They differ in many different areas."Jason went on to shed light on the wonderful philanthropic work the Yate native has done since her rise to fame.The latter is said to have invested a hefty amount from her £820 million fortune to back a string of charities helping vulnerable children in need with her charity Lumos."But one of the things that people should know about her too – not as a counter-argument – is that she has poured an enormous amount of her fortune into making the world a much better place," Jason added."For hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children, through her charity Lumos."And that is unequivocally good."At the height of her controversy over the summer of 2020, JK issued a statement, which said: "At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female."I do not believe it's hateful to say so."Just last month, it was suggested that JK's comments about the trans community were to blame for her absence in HBO's Harry Potter Return To Hogwarts special which aired on New Year's Day.As the cast and crew celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first blockbuster flick, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, JK was noticeably absent from the festive occasion.Instead, the mother-of-three was "sparingly" featured in archival footage she had previously taped in 2019 while Emma, Daniel and Rupert Grint took a trip down memory lane with other former co-stars to relive their 10-year stint at playing their iconic characters.It was later claimed that JK was the one who opted
