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I think her biggest regret is Dobby's death!

I never thought Ron and Hermione were right for each other.

She's driven, independent, motivated, and values knowledge, hard work, achievements, social justice (especially for House Elves), etc. He's lazy, dependent (his mom always cooked and cleaned for him, the school provides most food and I guess laundering services, then Hermione pretty much does all his homework), unmotivated, doesn't care for school, studying, thinking about the future, planning for anything, etc.

I know most people believe in "opposites attract," but the problem is there's so little common ground for them to work with. Ron spends the majority of the series putting Hermione down, mocking everything she values (homework, tests, SPEW, etc), making fun of her for being brainy while hypocritically using her brain to help with his homework, hurting her time and time again, even up to the last book, etc. I know Ron comes around near the end of the seventh book, but I personally think that's too little too late. Showing concern for house elves during the battle of Hogwarts does not negate YEARS of constant bickering and clashing. Even the distant epilogue and Rowling's descriptions of their lives and jobs after the Battle of Hogwarts doesn't really show that he's grown, changed, or become all too motivated 20 years in the future.

I kind of agree with Rowling that I think they would need serious relationship counseling, and/or Ron would seriously need to grow as a person (the way Hermione does over the series but he honestly doesn't quite) before they could be happy.

@advance-artist actually he biggest regret is not KILLING Ron like she planed and killing Fred insted

I'm talking as a Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny shipper...I feel kinda hearthbroken right now. I respect Jo for speaking her mind and being honest but I can't help feeling disappointed about all this. Ron is my favorite character and I feel like Jo now thinks he wasn't "worth enough" for Hermione. How sad is that? He grew so much as a character in DH! What about Ginny? :( I feel sad. I love Romione. I always believed in their love and relationship (I still do). They are different but still fell in love with each other (we can't choose who we love) and fought for their love and learned to accept and even embrace their differences ...and that's what ultimately made them a very powerful couple (at least for me, lol). Well, my only consolation is that they will always be canon. Ok, finish with my rant and feelings! Hehe :D

I've never liked them as a couple they are too different.

I'm completely heartbroken. Hermione and Ron were right for each other. They kept each other grounded. They were in love for so long.

Isn't the original planned pairing almost always the best? And pairing the main character with the mainest female is so stereotypical. If she didn't think Ron/Hermione would work, it'd be better to have no pairings amongst the main 3.

actually she has also spoken about how she originally planned for hermione and fred to be a couple in the last book but then killed fred off instead.

personally i have never liked romione, i dont really get H squared either tbh but i prefer them over romione

I'm a bit heartbroken, but oh well. What's done is done, and nothing can stop the fans from shipping this couple. Really, it's no big deal.

Since the first time I watched the movie, I always knew that Hermione is Harry's soulmate!

Always knew Harry and Hermione were perfect together. She would die for him and always picked him over Ron. He was always there for her and Ron hardly was.

What kind of a choice is "What your laying"?

Still ship Ron and Hermione.

Stupid thing to say. Ron and Hermione were opposite, sure. They'd need to work on their relationship, as they did throughout the series.
What's her point?
Every couple needs to work hard on any relationship. If she doesn't think Ron was good enough for Hermione by the end or whatever, that's her fault for not giving Ron enough development - which she seriously didn't in any case, but that's another matter.
And actually, we can still call Harry/Hermione shippers delusional, because the books themselves go out of their way to show that Harry and Hermione were not planning to get together. I think their relationship works much better than a typical romantic relationship anyway, and frankly we don't have enough of those in mainstream fiction as it is. Rowling changing her mind a number of years on feels kind of stupid, to be honest.

She only said Harmony would have worked, too, she never said Romione was that horrible a pairing.

Honey no-one regret something that is great people regrets HORRIBLE things like the worst paring in the world, a smart p, indepentet, confident women ended up with the loser, child.

:(

I agree with this regret.

Worst regret ever

@loveDE45: Actually regrets don't have anything to do with something horrible; they are simply wishing for something to have ended up differently regardless of how good or bad the real choice/outcome was. You seem to have a twisted view on what "regret" means.

She never actually said that she regretted Ron/Hermione, nor that Harry should have married Hermione. So I guess Harry/Hermione shippers are still delusional.

What she actually said: Romione aren't as perfect as some fans seem to think, they'd still argue and might need counselling, both pairings could have worked but she'd have needed to rewrite some of the story for Harmione. It's the media/websites exaggerating it to make attention-grabbing headlines.

Who in the world is JK Rowelling?

^ I think it's pretty obviously a typo

It amazes me (or maybe not) how some people on this thread have no idea what Rowling actually said in that interview and then proceeds. Do they even understand what Ron and Hermione's character are like in canon? Obviously not. Ron is only lazy some of the times and he is actually quite intelligent and not a loser, only delusional militants refuse to see what is staring in their face in the books.