While fans were delighted to see the return of the Wizarding World and many of their favorites removed from the eight-part film franchise.
J.K. Rowling was notably absent from the January 1 special centered around characters.
which have led some to label her a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist, a term for feminists who exclude transgender women from their advocacy).
Which was uploaded to YouTube, Rowling said she was invited to be a part of the special, and the decision to leave it was hers.
"I was told to be on it and I decided I didn't want to do it," she explained.