JK Rowling has apologised for accusing President Donald Trump of ignoring a disabled child.
The Harry Potter author had called the US leader “horrible” after a clip appeared to show the US leader refusing to shake the boy’s hand in the White House.
But the boy’s mother, Marjorie Kelly Weer, corrected Rowling with a post on Facebook. She wrote: “If someone can please get a message to JK Rowling: Trump didn’t snub my son & Monty wasn’t even trying to shake his hand.”
The writer “apologised unreservedly” in a series of Twitter posts.
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
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
She wrote: “Re: my tweets about the small boy in a wheelchair whose proffered hand the president appeared to ignore in press footage.
“Multiple sources have informed me that that was not a full or accurate representation of their interaction.
“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.”
Rowling has deleted her original tweets on the subject.
