Jk rowling on dumbledore being gay
Timeline of JK Rowling’s Interviews about Dumbledore/Grindelwald
Reveal happened October 2007 during Deathly Hallows Book tour which was released on July, 2007. So she didn’t reveal “YEARS LATER” to vault on some same-sex attracted moment. Just understand your facts before you criticize first.
This is all I could find. If there is more interviews she did about this topic, grant me know.
October, 2007
Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of adore, ever fall in love himself?
My genuine answer to you… I always reflection of Dumbledore as gay. [ovation.] … Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a tiny more because falling in love can blind us to an extent? But, he met someone as brilliant as he was, and rather like Bellatrix he was very drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly, terribly allow down by him. Yeah, that’s how i always saw Dumbledore. In reality, recently I was in a script read through for the sixth clip, and they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script saying I knew a miss once, whose hair… [laughter]. I
Michael Gambon plays Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films |
She made her revelation to a packed house in Recent York's Carnegie Hall on Friday, as part of her US book tour.
She took audience questions and was asked if Dumbledore found "true love".
"Dumbledore is gay," she said, adding he was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, who he beat in a battle between good and bad wizards long ago.
The audience gasped, then applauded. "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy," she said.
"Falling in love can blind us to an extent," she added, saying Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down" and his love for Grindelwald was his "great tragedy".
"Oh, my god," Rowling, 42, concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction".
Rowling said her books are a "prolonged argument for tolerance" |
Fan sites have long speculated on Dumbledore's sexuality as he was known for having a mysterious, troubled past.
Rowling told the audience that while functional on the planned sixth Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Pri
Dumbledore's Gay: Does Anyone Care?
Oct. 23, 2007 — -- Harry Potter fans' favorite magical, wand-wielding headmaster is gay, says the series' author, and as it turns out, many bookworms don't love him any less because of it.
Parents around the country told ABCNEWS.com that when their children heard the news that professor Albus Dumbledore — who was also Potter's mentor — was gay, most of them shrugged it off.
Robin Moyher, who writes for the Chicago Mom's Blog, said that her son was not at all upset about the wizard's sexuality.
"So what? It's a reality of life," Moyher's 9-year-old son said upon hearing the news.
Dumbledore was outed by Potter creator J.K. Rowling at an Oct. 19 question and retort session at New York City's Carnegie Hall, where a young fan inquired as to whether the headmaster had ever been in love.
"Dumbledore is queer , actually," replied Rowling, who went on to illustrate that he had once loved Gellert Grindelwand, a fellow wizard, but was then let down when he went to the "dark side."
Grindelwand's downfall, Rowling said, was Dumbledore's "great tragedy."
Why devoted 'Harry Potter' fans feel betrayed by J.K. Rowling and the 'Fantastic Beasts' franchise
- Fans possess long been frustrated by the lack of LGBTQ characters in J.K. Rowling's work.
- Rowling said she always "thought of Dumbledore as gay" after the ultimate book came out.
- 10 years later, Dumbledore is a nature in the "Fantastic Beasts" movie franchise.
- And fans are at a breaking aim when it comes to the perceived refusal of putting an overtly same-sex attracted version of Dumbledore on screen.
- INSIDER spoke with several gender non-conforming "Harry Potter" fans who explained why they're upset.
J.K. Rowling and the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise were already wading in controversy over Johnny Depp's continued presence in the movies, but now fans are at a breaking point after learning that Dumbledore's sexuality wouldn't be openly explored in the coming sequel.
Director David Yates told Entertainment Weekly that "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Crimes of Grindelwald" would not make it "explicitly" clear Dumbledore is gay, the fandom reacted strongly (and mostly negatively).
"Not explicitly," Yates told Entertainment Weekly, referencing whether th
Rowling Lets Dumbledore Out of the Closet
Oct. 20, 2007 — -- Well, it's official. Albus Dumbledore, a hero of the phenomenally popular Harry Potter series and headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts, is gay.
That's right, Harry's mentor and father-figure would opt for a nice wizard to a hot witch any day.
In a surprising new Potter twist, composer J.K. Rowling outed Dumbledore at New York's Carnegie Hall in front of 2,000 Potter fans during a question and reply session Friday night.
After reading an excerpt from the seventh installment of her series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," one young fan asked if Dumbledore had ever loved anyone.
"Dumbledore is gay, actually," replied Rowling.
She was initially met with a surprised silence but ultimately the audience erupted in cheers for several minutes prompting Rowling to add, "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy."
Rowling went on to explain that Dumbledore fell for Gellert Grindelwald, his childhood comrade with similarly brilliant wizarding skills, who eventually went over to the dim side and became the predecessor to the i