Book Tour Sweepstakes along with a companion got the chance to see
Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling read from "Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows," answer questions and sign books at New York City's
Carnegie Hall. We have exclusive information this evening on the myriad
of "Deathly Hallows" questions she answered as well as in-depth details
on a number of subjects she spoke about.
A caution now. Parts of the following WILL contain book seven SPOILERS.
First, the biggest revelation of the night came when Jo revealed to
her audience the fact that Albus Dumbledore is gay and had fallen in
love with fellow wizard and friend, Gellert Grindelwald. This elicited
a huge reaction and prolonged ovation. So much so, it promoted Jo to
say:
"If I had known this would have made you this happy, I would have told you years ago."
Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?
JKR: My truthful answer to you... I always thought 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 little more because falling in love can blind us to an
extend, but he met someone as brilliant as he was, and rather like
Bellatrix he was very drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly,
terribly let down by him. Yeah, that's how i always saw Dumbledore. In
fact, recently I was in a script read through for the sixth film, and
they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script saying I
knew a girl once, whose hair... [laughter]. I had to write a little
note in the margin and slide it along to the scriptwriter,
"Dumbledore's gay!" [laughter] "If I'd known it would make you so
happy, I would have announced it years ago!"
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