No, our headline isn’t giving the title of J.K. Rowling’s surprise follow-up to her final installment of the Harry Potter series — it’s a quote from Bill O’Reilly on “The O’Reilly Factor.” As the eagle-eyed folks at Media Matters note, Fox’s cuddliest pundit seems to be having a hard time with the idea of a gay Dumbledore.

Check out the clip on Media Matters.

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