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Dawn French has issued a plea to young people after being left frustrated by a conversation about JK Rowling.
The sitcom star, best known for French and Saunders and for playing Geraldine in The Vicar of Dibley, said on a new podcast that she was recently belittled for questioning why one of the Harry Potter author’s comments about the trans community was considered unacceptable.
The comedy star’s discussion of the subject arrives days after Rowling said Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson “can save their apologies” for speaking out against her.
French, who “knows Jo a bit” and appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), told Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcastthat Rowling has “paid a huge price” for sharing her views, but said that a podcast host …