Helena Bonham Carter is blasting cancel culture as a career-damaging “witch hunt”, defending in the process two individuals she has creative ties with: J.K. Rowling and Johnny Depp.
On cancel culture as a whole, Helena Bonham Carter considered the implications and lack of logic. “Do you ban a genius for their sexual practices? There would be millions of people who if you looked closely enough at their personal life you would disqualify them. You can’t ban people. I hate cancel culture. It has become quite hysterical and there’s a kind of witch hunt and a lack of understanding…You don’t all have to agree on everything — that would be insane and boring.”
Carter also gave her take on J.K. Rowling, who has been labeled as transphobic by many after numerous comments on the community. “I think she has been hounded…It’s been taken to the extreme, the judgmentalism of people. She’s allowed her opinion, particularly if she’s suffered abuse. Everybody carries their own history of trauma and forms their opinions from that trauma and you have to respect where people come from and their pain. She’s not meaning it aggressively, she’s just saying something out of her own experience.” Carter played Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter franchise.
Carter also speculated Johnny Depp, who had his brush with being canceled prior to his trial with Amber Heard, will continue to have a thriving career, saying he’s “completely vindicated” and is “totally fine” now. Carter has co-starred in seven movies with Depp.
Helena Bonham Carter also said she doesn’t think there is any redemption available for Kevin Spacey. Perhaps interestingly, Carter has never worked with Spacey.
What do you think? Does Helena Bonham Carter have a point about cancel culture being a witch hunt? Is she right to defend J.K. Rowling? Let us know your take in the comments below.