British actor JJ Welles said sorry to Harry Potter author JK Rowling for a Twitter thread he interacted with on matters related to transgender people. .“I have now removed these tweets and would like to apologize to JK Rowling directly for causing potential upset,” said Welles in a tweet. .Welles said he failed to choose his words with care and “would like to retract my previous statements relating to her views on the LGBTQ+ and more specifically, transgender people.” He added he wants to retract likening Rowling to far-right and Nazi organizations and does “not wish any individual, inclusive of JK Rowling, to come to any harm.”.Rowling had threatened Welles with a defamation lawsuit. .“What's your solicitor's view on this Nazi accusation?” she said. . “Would they advise you to defend it in court?”.Welles said Rowling was not being threatened with being burned alive. .“Hyperbolic metaphor based on her original tweet (but you know you’re playing dumb intentionally for clout) and she also IS a Nazi or at least has views that align with them,” he said. .Rowling was almost named person of the year before the Guardian closed its poll early in 2021. .READ MORE: Woke newspaper cancels poll showing JK Rowling is readers’ fave person.When readers selected her as their favourite, the poll disappeared from the Guardian’s website. .She faced an uproar during 2021 from the sexual minority community for allegedly transphobic comments.
