Stephen Colbert Hits Back At JK Rowling’s Harry Potter Changes; Reaffirms Role As TV’s Biggest Dork

In 2007, JK Rowling announced that Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore was gay. The world responded well — it was an interesting development and an albeit belated win for visibility of the LGBT community in the Harry Potter universe.

Then, last year, the celebrated author decided she should probably have paired up Hermione with Harry instead of Ron. The world was a little confused. Why would she bother messing with such a major plotline so late in the game? What does it really add? Who does it help?

Now, she’s really just gone for it. In September Rowling casually decided to call out the whole world for pronouncing “Voldemort” wrong and last week she announced Americans actually say “no-maj” instead of “muggle” — a point which will be worked into the upcoming prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.

Between this and the constant stream of Pottermore backstories it seems like Rowling really might need a bit of extra attention in her post-Potter slump, so Colbert has enthusiastically obliged. Unfortunately for her, he isn’t very happy about it.

After his long detailed predictions for the new Star Wars film last week, these glorious nerdy rants are now a regular occurrence for Colbert on The Late Show. His predecessor may have had an intimidating 33-year career behind the desk, but I’m willing to wager Letterman never did a long, threatening, on-air Voldemort impression. Colbert FTW.