J.K. Rowling Explains Why She Wasn't in HBO Max's 'Harry Potter' Reunion Special

“I was asked to be on that, and I decided I didn’t want to do it,” J.K. told host Graham Norton on Virgin Radio Saturday. “I thought it was about the films more than the books, quite rightly. That was what the anniversary was about.”

She added, “No one said don’t [do it]…I was asked to do it and I decided not to.”

While J.K. didn’t participate in the Harry Potter reunion special, here’s how she was still involved.