Well, I guess I’m dumb, or I don’t go out of my way to look for hidden messages of sexuality in my recreational reading.
I just read a more detailed transcript of what she said, and I have to say I’ve lost respect for her. It’s a bit cowardly to spring this little tidbit on us AFTER she’s sold all her books, don’t you think?
It sounds like she had an agenda and therefore dishonest with her readers. I dislike these little mind games. Perhaps she was trying to figure out how to get more publicity and controversy and no matter if it included making up things.
Honestly, I could care less. It doesn’t change how I feel about the story at all. Like you said, he’s a fictional character who exhibits no sexuality. She said that he had “unrequited love” for Grindewold, which I interpret to mean that they didn’t have any sort of affair and there is nothing in DH that suggests they were anything other then friends. After his mother and sister died, he basically isolated himself. So it’s not like she implied he was out cruising magical gay bars or airport bathrooms.
I guess, I look at it like I would if someone told me Willy Wonka was gay or Mike Mulligan’s steam shovel was gay. It doesn’t change the story for me, because the only life they have is when I am reading about them.