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28th November 2022
12:09pm GMT

"Do you ban a genius for their sexual practices?" she asked, making a general point about the impact that someone's personal life may have on their professional one.
"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."
Asked about Depp specifically, Bonham Carter said she believes he is now "completely vindicated" following the outcome of his recent trial. "I think he’s fine now," she added. "Totally fine."
Later, Bonham Carter spoke about J.K. Rowling, who has frequently been criticised for comments she has made that have been judged to be transphobic.
"It’s horrendous, a load of bollocks. I think she has been hounded," Bonham Carter said.
"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.
"You don’t all have to agree on everything — that would be insane and boring. She’s not meaning it aggressively, she’s just saying something out of her own experience."Explore more on these topics:

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