JK Rowling has declared that she remains unbothered about the criticism she receives from those who call her transphobic - and the effect it could have on her legacy.
Rowling, the author of the world-famous Harry Potter series, has come under fire in recent years for a number of comments she has made that have resulted in people branding her transphobic, which she denies.
The British author angered people in 2020 when she mocked the trans-inclusive term "people who menstruate" on her Twitter account.
The idea behind the term is that not all women have periods, for instance, trans women. And some trans men, as well as non-binary people, can have periods too.
It appears as if the British author is unfazed by those who berate her for her views as she has stated in a new podcast, The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling.
When discussing the legacy that she will leave behind, Rowling was very nonchalant about the whole thing, declaring: "Whatever, I'll be dead."
She stated that she finds it pointless to spend her time alive attempting to please everybody and that she has very little care for how the history books will remember her.
Instead, the author revealed that she is only concentrating on the here and now and that she won't spend her time worrying about what people think of her.
She explained in a clip shared by TMZ: "I never set out to upset anyone, however, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal. And what has interested me over the past 10 years is that - certainly in the last two or three years - particularly on social media, 'well, you've ruined your legacy,' 'oh, you could have been beloved forever, yet you chose to say this.'
"And I think you could not have misunderstood me more profoundly. I do not walk around my house thinking about my legacy - what a pompous way to live your life, walking around thinking what will my legacy be.
"Whatever! I'll be dead! I care about now, I care about the living."
The author also stated that people are misunderstanding her intentions when she talks, and there is no malice in what she is saying.
Recently, actor Ralph Fiennes - who played Voldemort in the Harry Potter movie series - came to the defense of the author.
"JK Rowling has written these great books about empowerment, about young children finding themselves as human beings," he told the New York Times.
"It’s about how you become a better, stronger, more morally centered human being. The verbal abuse directed at her is disgusting, it’s appalling.
"I mean, I can understand a viewpoint that might be angry at what she says about women. But it’s not some obscene, uber-right-wing fascist. It’s just a woman saying, ‘I’m a woman and I feel I’m a woman and I want to be able to say that I’m a woman.’ And I understand where she’s coming from. Even though I’m not a woman."
The latest installment of the wizarding world created by Rowling is via Hogwarts Legacy, a video game that is available to play now.
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