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![Dan: Dumbledore being gay… was that something that was just thrown out for the American press, to get them stirred up a bit?
J.K.: No. But it did. I found people’s reaction to that very interesting and I’ll tell you why. By the time that I said that I had been working with these characters for 17 years. Now, not many writers have been with that same set of characters that long so I feel I can sort of speak for all of us who have to say it’s a very intense experience and inevitably you are going to know things about characters that are not in some cases… will be relevant. [….] As time went on and I got to know Dumbledore.. and this was before the publication of Philosopher’s Stone so at this point I’ve been with him for 7 years.. I knew he was gay. I just knew he was gay. And to me it was not a big deal. This is very old man who has a very terrible job to do and his gayness is not really relevant.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ou4nm91L1qa9jn1o1_r1_400.gif)
Dan: Dumbledore being gay… was that something that was just thrown out for the American press, to get them stirred up a bit?
J.K.: No. But it did. I found people’s reaction to that very interesting and I’ll tell you why. By the time that I said that I had been working with these characters for 17 years. Now, not many writers have been with that same set of characters that long so I feel I can sort of speak for all of us who have to say it’s a very intense experience and inevitably you are going to know things about characters that are not in some cases… will be relevant. [….] As time went on and I got to know Dumbledore.. and this was before the publication of Philosopher’s Stone so at this point I’ve been with him for 7 years.. I knew he was gay. I just knew he was gay. And to me it was not a big deal. This is very old man who has a very terrible job to do and his gayness is not really relevant.
