She said: “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. On Wednesday, Rowling posted a defence of the creative director alongside the hashtag #IStandWithIanBanham. Has worked with artists such as Lily Allen, Kylie Minogue and Cheryl and on TV series including Dancing On Ice and Dancing With The Stars.

The post referred to an article about Zara Jade, a transgender woman who stabbed her partner before tying her up and leaving with her bank card, which featured a headline referring to Jade as a “woman”. Ian Banham (PICTURED) was sacked by Wild Youth over his social media comments this weekĪ row erupted on Tuesday after Wild Youth released a statement saying they were parting ways with Ian Banham and would no longer let him “near our team” after a screenshot circulated on Twitter appearing to be from his account.įrontman Conor later said reading the tweet had made him “feel sick”. 'I think that is an incredibly positive thing so I think we’re just trying to focus on those kinds of points.” “We’re just four Irish guys and we’re representing our country and it is something that we always wanted to do so I think it’s such an incredible achievement for us and it is something we are so proud of and it is something that is so positive and I think being in a band and after going through the last few years of Covid and everything, we’re at this point now that we can say we are so happy doing what we love again. We don’t want anything to creep in on the fact that we’re living our dream at the moment, and we have wanted to do this for so long. He told us: “Honestly, we’re just trying to stay in a positive mindset.

's remarks but said he wanted to stay in a positive mindset just weeks before they are due to perform on stage in Liverpool at the first semi-final on May 9. Singer Conor O’Donohoe remained silent on J.K. Rowling waded in on the row, accusing the act of “preening, self-satisfied misogyny”. The comments sparked major reaction on Twitter, with Harry Potter author J.K.

The band’s Eurovision performance was thrown into chaos on Tuesday after the group “cut all ties” with Ian Banham, their staging director, for his social media comments on Ukraine winning the song contest and his remarks on a story about a convicted transgender woman. Rowling accused them of “misogyny” for sacking their Eurovision creative director over his social media comments. Eurovision hopefuls Wild Youth has said they are trying to stay in a “positive mindset” – after author J.K.

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