I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
this is how i feel too. it hurts to know that she turned into such a bigot especially since a huge theme of harry potter is that love trumps hate
It seems like she was a bigot all along, because, according to her, trans people are like Death Eaters: Shocking many fans, Rowling also compared transgender activists to Harry Potter Death Eaters, an evil, radical group that follows Lord Voldemort and aims to eliminate all witches and wizards born to non-magical parents.
“Some of you have not understood the books,” she argued. “The Death Eaters claimed, ‘We have been made to live in secret, and now is our time, and any who stand in our way must be destroyed. If you disagree with us, you must die.’ They demonized and dehumanized those who were not like them. I am fighting what I see as a powerful, insidious, misogynistic movement that has gained huge purchase in very influential areas of society. I do not see this particular movement as either benign or powerless, so I’m afraid I stand with the women who are fighting to be heard against threats of loss of livelihood and threats to their safety.”
https://insidethemagic.net/2023/03/jk-rowling-trans-people-death-eaters-jc1/
Just like anti-trans activists.