“I wanted him to die" Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes has admitted that she wanted UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to die from the coronavirus.
Last month, Johnson was admitted to intensive care after testing positive for the coronavirus. He has since made a full recovery.
Speaking with Adam Hills on TV program The Last Leg Locked Down Under, Margolyes, who played Professor Pomona Sprout in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, discussed the British government’s handling of COVID-19 and how she felt when she heard that the prime minister had contracted the virus.
Asked about how she thought the government had handled the current crisis, the actress replied: “Appallingly, of course, appallingly.