In a 700-word post on X, Rowling addressed recent comments by Watson during a podcast concerning the author’s controversial opinions on the trans community.

Watson, 35, told the Jay Shetty Podcast last week that she still “treasures” Rowling despite not agreeing with her opinions on trans rights.

“Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public,” she concluded.

“But I have the same right, and I’ve finally decided to exercise it.”

Watson has not responded to Rowling’s X post.

Rowling has faced allegations of transphobia over her divisive views on gender.

Rowling’s earlier remarks, such as describing a transgender woman as a “penised individual” and opposing the term “people who menstruate”, have led to fans boycotting her books and Harry Potter actors publicly distancing themselves from her viewpoints.