’Harry Potter’ actress admits she wanted Boris Johnson to die of coronavirus

Miriam Margoyles attends the Laurence Olivier Awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel, on March 21, 2010 in London, England.(Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

The gloves — and filters — are off.

Miriam Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout in the “Harry Potter” films, shared that she wasn’t hoping for U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to beat coronavirus. In fact, she was hoping for the opposite.

“I had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die," Margolyes, 78, admitted during Friday’s episode of “The Last Leg Locked Down Under,” HuffPost reports. “I wanted him to die. And then I thought that that reflects badly on me, and I don’t want to be the sort of person who wants people to die."

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson joins in the applause on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London during the weekly "Clap for our Carers" Thursday, May 7, 2020. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

“So then I wanted him to get better, which he did do,” the 78-year-old “Age of Innocence” actress continued. "He did get better. But he didn’t get better as a human being, and I really would prefer that. So, you know, we’re in the s--t, basically here.”

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Miriam Margolyes has no filter - that's why her v.blunt feelings about Boris Johnson and #Covid19 are no surprise.

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Johnson, 55, came up in conversation when Margolyes was asked how she feels the British government is handling the pandemic, to which she answered, “Appallingly, of course. Appallingly. It’s a disgrace. It’s a scandal. It’s a public scandal."

While some Twitter users slammed her comments as “disgusting” or “truly appalling,” others argued that what was actually “truly appalling” is “what [Johnson] did to the nation this last 3 months leaving over 30,000 dead.”

“Me considering the fact people are getting their knickers in a twist about Miriam Margolyes but not getting equally upset at holding the government accountable for avoidable deaths, including those of NHS workers,” one remarked.

“Johnson is responsible for thousands upon thousands of actual deaths,” another user wrote. “Save your outrage for him — Miriam Margolyes is just voicing a thought that must have crossed many people’s minds.”

Johnson spent several days in the intensive care unit at London’s St. Thomas’ Hospital last month amid his battle with the virus, and tested negative before he returned home in mid-April.

After leaving, he thanked “everyone in the entire U.K. for the effort and the sacrifice you have made and are making.”