J K Rowling apologises for tweets over doctored Trump video
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Harry Potter author J K Rowling in a series of tweets justified her reactions to a misleading video of United States President Donald Trump.
The author clarified that her tweets came out of personal sensitivity. She said, "I very clearly projected my own sensitivities around the issue of disabled people being overlooked or ignored onto the images I saw and if that caused any distress to that boy or his family, I apologise unreservedly. These tweets will remain, but I will delete the previous ones on the subject."
J.K Rowling's sentimental outburst was because of the personal experience of her mother using the wheelchair.
Re: my tweets about the small boy in a wheelchair whose proferred hand the president appeared to ignore in press footage, multiple /1
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 31, 2017
sources have informed me that that was not a full or accurate representation of their interaction. I very clearly projected my own /2
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 31, 2017
Rowling tweeted in response to a video that showed Trump refusing to shake hands with a child in a wheelchair. The author reproached Trump by saying, "This monster of narcissism values only himself and his pale reflections."
However, she apologised later after the video was found to be doctored.
sensitivities around the issue of disabled people being overlooked or ignored onto the images I saw and if that caused any distress /3
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 31, 2017
to that boy or his family, I apologise unreservedly. These tweets will remain, but I will delete the previous ones on the subject. /4x
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 31, 2017