Eurovision hopefuls Wild Youth has said they are trying to stay in a “positive mindset” – after author J.K. Rowling accused them of “misogyny” for sacking their Eurovision creative director over his social media comments.
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.
The comments sparked major reaction on Twitter, with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling waded in on the row, accusing the act of “preening, self-satisfied misogyny”.
