Rupert Grint steps out for a stroll with partner Georgia Groome after his Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe reignited trans row with JK Rowling
Rupert Grint cut a nonchalant figure as he went for a walk with his partner Georgia Groome in Notting Hill, London, on Wednesday.
The actor, 35, opted for a relaxed look for the day as he wore a black T-shirt with matching trousers and a dark jacket.
Georgia also kept it casual and opted for a gray printed sweater, blue jeans and a pair of black shoes.
Rupert’s outing came shortly after his Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe reignited his feud with JK Rowling over transgender issues.
Daniel said his beliefs don’t have to align with the author’s just because she made him a star.
Rupert Grint cut a nonchalant figure as he went for a walk with his partner Georgia Groome in Notting Hill, London, on Wednesday
The actor, 35, opted for a relaxed look for the day, wearing a black T-shirt with matching trousers and a dark jacket
He also wore a black cap and sunglasses during the outing
JK Rowling has been outspoken about her views on trans issues and has said that biological sex is more important than gender identity.
But while Radcliffe admitted that ‘nothing in my life’ would probably have happened if it wasn’t for beloved author Rowling, 58, he said that didn’t mean he didn’t owe her ‘the things he really believes in’.
Rowling has faced frequent attacks online from the trans community for saying that biologically male trans women should not be allowed in women’s spaces.
Her feud with Radcliffe began after she posted an article that used the phrase “people who menstruate” instead of women, writing, “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people.” Someone help me. Wumbing? Wimpond? Woomud?’
Shortly afterwards, Radcliffe wrote an article for an LGBT+ suicide prevention charity stating that ‘transgender women are women’.
Despite Daniel’s view that trans women are women, it was revealed this week that the NHS will declare sex as biological.
It came after the Cass report found there is ‘remarkably weak evidence’ for gender-affirming techniques in children, such as puberty blockers.
It was also said that ‘for the majority of young people, a medical pathway may not be the best way’ to help when they ‘are experiencing gender incongruence or problems’.
Georgia also kept it casual and opted for a gray printed sweater, blue jeans and a pair of black shoes
Georgia, who is best known for starring in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, tied her brunette locks up in an updo
Rupert’s outing came shortly after his Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe reignited his feud with JK Rowling over transgender issues
This week he said The Atlantic Ocean he had not spoken to Rowling in years, which upset him.
But despite the Cass report and Rowling’s suggestion that he should apologize to detransitioners harmed by puberty blockers, Radcliffe refused.
Instead, he said, “I will continue to support the rights of all LGBTQ people and have no further comment.”
He said: ‘Jo, obviously Harry Potter wouldn’t have happened without her, so without that person probably nothing in my life would have happened the way it has. But that doesn’t mean you owe the things you really believe to someone else for the rest of your life.”
He added, “It makes me really sad in the end, because I look at the person I met, the times we met, and the books she wrote, and the world she created, and all of that is for me. so deeply empathetic.’
Responding to the publication of the Cass report last month, Rowling insisted she would not forgive stars who had spoken out against her, including Daniel and his Harry Potter co-stars.
When a fan said they were ‘just waiting for Dan and Emma’ [Watson’ to offer a ‘very public apology’ knowing they’d be safe in the knowledge the author would forgive them, she wrote: ‘Not safe I’m afraid. Celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatised detransitioners and vulnerable women reliant on single sex spaces.’
Rupert has been less vocal about the divide between the Harry Potter author and the child stars of her films.
Daniel said his beliefs don’t have to align with the author’s just because she made him a star
The author, 58, has frequently expressed her views that biological sex is more important than gender identity and that women’s spaces should remain single-sex (JK Rowling pictured in 2022)
Radcliffe shot to fame playing Harry Potter in the movie adaptations of her beloved children’s books. Pictured: Radcliffe, Rowling, Grint and Emma Watson in 2004
In a response to someone claiming Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson would be ‘safe in the knowledge that you will forgive them’ for clashing with her on the topic, the Harry Potter author wrote ‘not safe’
However, in January 2022, he did liken Rowling to an aunt who he doesn’t ‘necessarily agree with’ over her views on trans people.
He told The Sunday Times: ‘I liken JK Rowling to an auntie. I don’t necessarily agree with everything my auntie says, but she’s still my auntie. It’s a tricky one.’
Rupert was cast as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone aged just 11.
He went on to star in all eight films, which ranged from 2001 to 2011, earning him at least $70 million (£52 million).
Elsewhere in the Sunday Times interview, Rupert Grint admitted he still finds it ‘very hard’ to ‘detach’ himself from Ron having played Harry Potter’s best friend for 10 years.
He explained: ‘I measure my life in Harry Potter movies. They’re so ingrained in me.
‘I find it very hard to detach myself from being Ron – we merged into the same person. I can’t believe it started 20 years ago. It definitely sculpted who I am.
‘I mentally closed the door on it even though I’m constantly faced with it – there’s the play, the theme park and it’s always on TV.’