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JK ROWLING 'SUPPOSED TO BE A BOY'

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Even JK had bad hair days

Thursday December 13,2007

HARRY POTTER creator JK Rowling says she had several bad hair days as a child and her parents wanted her to be a boy.

The writer, 42, discusses her “tragic childhood haircuts” while she and younger sister Diane look at old photos of themselves JK Rowling: A Year In The Life Of screened on December 30.

Speaking of her lack of style, JK moans: “My haircut was always crooked.”

She also reveals that as a little girl she always wore blue while Diane wore pink. She explains:

“I was supposed to be the boy. I was supposed to be Simon John.”


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