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Fantastic Beasts 2: JK Rowling responds to fan outrage that Dumbledore's sexuality will be avoided in sequel

JK Rowling has responded to Harry Potter fans left outraged following an interview in which Fantastic Beasts 2 director David Yates revealed the sexuality of character Albus Dumbledore won't be addressed in the new film.

Yates told Entertainment Weekly that Dumbledore's sexuality won't be explored “explicitly” in the forthcoming sequel, The Crimes of Grindewald, which will feature both the latter - controversially played by Johnny Depp - and the future Hogwarts headmaster (Jude Law) in the same film for the first time.

“I think all the fans are aware of [Dumbledore’s sexuality],“ the filmmaker stated. ”He had a very intense relationship with Grindelwald when they were young men. They fell in love with each other’s ideas, and ideology and each other.”

Impassioned fans expressed their disappointment on social media which later prompted the film's creator and screenwriter Rowling to snap back at the critics.