JK Rowling casts a bad spell on Harry Potter's life
News
oi-Staff
London,
(ANI):
It
has
emerged
that
British
author
JK
Rowling"s
wizard
books
has
had
a
huge
negative
impact
on
the
life
of
a
young
man
who
goes
by
the
name
of
Harry
Potter.
The
real-life
Harry
Potter,
20,
has
been
facing
nothing
but
misery
ever
since
Rowling"s
first
book
'Harry
Potter
And
The
Philosopher"s
Stone" came
out,
and
he
now
has
to
cope
with
people"s
reaction
to
his
name
on
a
daily
basis.
His
47-year-old
mother
Tracey
Shaw,
who
works
as
an
accountant,
thought
little
of
the
name
when
she
picked
it
for
her
first
child.
“I
named
him
Harry
simply
because
I
liked
the
name," the
Daily
Express
quoted
her
as
saying.
“Harry"s
biological
father"s
surname
was
Potter
and
that"s
how
Harry
got
his
famous
name,"
she
explained.
She
never
in
her
life
imagined
that
he
would
one
day
be
forced
to
endure
taunts
from
the
public,
police,
phone
companies
and
even
a
football
referee
because
of
his
name.
He
had
to
show
his
girlfriend
his
passport
when
they
first
met,
as
she
did
not
believe
he
was
named
Harry
Potter,
and
having
a
scar
on
his
forehead
just
like
the
wizard,
played
by
Daniel
Radcliffe
in
the
films,
did
not
help
much.
Potter,
from
Portsmouth
said
he
wished
Rowling
had
never
used
his
name
for
her
books.
“My
life
has
changed
completely
since
the
books
were
written,"
he
said.
“At
first
I
thought
it
might
be
quite
a
good
thing
to
have
the
same
name.
But
now
it
is
like
someone
has
cast
a
bad
spell
on
me.
The
reactions
I
get
from
people
range
from
making
fun
to
plain
aggressive,"
he
added.