Stephen Colbert reacts to JK Rowling's latest Dumbledore comments

"Harry Potter and the Cauldron of Too Much Information."
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Stephen Colbert reacts to JK Rowling's latest Dumbledore comments
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Chances are you've heard by now about the "intense" "love" relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, described by J.K. Rowling in the DVD extras for Fantastic Beasts 2.

You may have also seen some of the backlash, and some of the many, many memes.

Well, now Stephen Colbert has piled in, too. During his Meanwhile... segment on The Late Show, Colbert reacted to Rowling's remarks.

"That's right -- Dumbledore was a Gryffindor in the streets, a Slytherin in the sheets," he jokes in the clip above (skip to 3:18).

Colbert went on the summarise Rowling's quote about the "sexual dimension" to Dumbledore and Grindelwald's relationship, before adding that it had fan's pumped for the sequel: Harry Potter and the Cauldron of Too Much Information.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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