Former US talk show host Jon Stewart says comments he made about the Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone film were meant to be "light-hearted" and he was not accusing author JK Rowling of antisemitism. The comedian said news outlets had "piled into this ridiculously out-of-context nonsense", and he did not want the franchise censored "in any way". It comes after a clip emerged of Stewart discussing scenes from the film set in the magical bank Gringotts, run by goblins, on his podcast The Problem with Jon Stewart. In it, Stewart made comparisons between caricatures from antisemitic literature and the...
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