Harry Potter author JK Rowling has accused Irish Eurovision hopefuls WildYouth of “preening, self-satisfied misogyny”.
She pointed to one of the tweets which has been highlighted online in which Banham criticised the coverage of a transgender woman who stabbed and tied up a woman in the UK, noting that: “The re-traumatisation of female rape survivors, including this man’s victims, on seeing him called a woman by the press counts for nothing, naturally.”Eurosong winners Wild Youth perform their song “We are One”.
Expanding on the band’s decision to cut ties with Mr Banham yesterday Wild Youth bandmember Conor O’Donohue said: “First off, I want to apologise with my whole heart to anyone who has been hurt or even had to read such horrible tweets.“Writing this song and writing these lyrics was writing about what I believe.”
Wild Youth is a band that stands for unity and kindness. Our song represents our beliefs as a band. We have cut all ties with Ian Banham and will not have him on or near our team or Eurovison journey. We are so sorry for anyone offended by his comments. ❤️Banham was announced as the creative director for Ireland’s performance at the Eurovision earlier this year.
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