JK Rowling’s team slams ‘distasteful’ prank as author is tricked into fake video call with Ukraine’s President Zelensky

JK Rowling and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
JK Rowling is alleged to have agreed to the video name with President Volodymyr Zelensky in mild of her charity work in Ukraine (Image: Getty Pictures/EPA)

The Harry Potter writer is alleged to have agreed to the video name in mild of her intensive charity work within the space by her organisation Lumos, which goals to offer help to kids and households who've been affected since Russia launched its ongoing invasion of the nation in February. 

Within the 12-minute video, which has been shared on YouTube, the person who Rowling believed was President Zelensky is barely heard by voice and isn't seen on digicam. 

The prank was reportedly executed by Russian comedy duo Vovan and Lexus, who're notorious for prank-calling celebrities. A few of their most high-profile victims have included Sir Elton John, Prince Harry, US Vice President Kamala Harris, Billie Eilish, former President George W Bush, and former democratic presidential election candidate Bernie Sanders. 

At one level, the comedy outfit in contrast Harry Potter’s well-known brow scar to a ‘Z’, just like the one which the Russian navy had placed on their tanks through the warfare. 

Rowling was then requested if she would change the image to a Ukrainian trident in mild of the political battle, to which she mentioned: ‘I'll look into that. It is perhaps good for me to do one thing with that myself on social media as a result of I feel that may get into the newspapers. I didn’t know they had been doing that however that’s one thing I can handle personally.’ 

JK Rowling
JK Rowling’s reps have reportedly branded the prank as ‘distasteful’ (Image: WireImage)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Rowling believed she was chatting with President Zelensky (Image: AP)

The pranksters added: ‘I need to make clear the place you're sending the cash that Lumos has collected … we need to purchase lots of weapons and missiles along with your cash to destroy Russian troops, I hope you're all for that. 

‘We’ll take care of the youngsters however I actually need Ukraine to have the entire arms it wants.’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was talked about within the video (Image: AP)

At one level, the pair requested ‘what gender’ is Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to which Rowling laughed and acknowledged: ‘He’s positively a person, his previous historical past proves he’s positively a person.’ 

In the direction of the tip of the Zoom name, three folks – dubbed The Order of the Ukrainian Phoenix – appeared on-screen carrying T-shirts that learn ‘Solely Putin’ in Russian. 

‘We learn Harry Potter to the troopers within the battalion … simply don’t learn them passages about half breeds [as] they're nationalists and don't like such folks,’ Vovan and Lexus mentioned. 

Rowling’s reps slammed the comedy duo in a press release launched to The Hollywood Reporter, branding them ‘disgraceful’ and including: ‘The video, which has been edited, is a distorted illustration of the dialog.’ 

Metro.co.uk has reached out to JK Rowling’s reps for remark.

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