--- title: J.K. Rowling Shuts Down Another Harry Potter Rumor description: J.K. Rowling shut down a rumor on Monday that she wanted Harry Potter to lose his virginity in the book, The Goblet of Fire. canonical: https://time.com/3819902/jk-rowling-harry-potter-rumor/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-13T18:44:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T04:16:56.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: J.K. Rowling Shuts Down Another Harry Potter Rumor og:description: This time it's about a supposed sex scene og:url: https://time.com/3819902/jk-rowling-harry-potter-rumor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling Shuts Down Another Harry Potter Rumor twitter:description: This time it's about a supposed sex scene twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # J.K. Rowling Shuts Down Another Harry Potter Rumor by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Updated: Dec 15, 2023 4:16 AM CUTPublished: Apr 13, 2015 6:44 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Updated: Dec 15, 2023 4:16 AM CUTPublished: Apr 13, 2015 6:44 PM CUT J.K. Rowling shut down a rumor on Monday that she wanted Harry Potter to lose his virginity in the book, _The Goblet of Fire_. A Twitter user posted a suggestion that Rowling had planned on adding in a sex scene in the second part of the book, but left it out after an editor complained it would bother parents. Rowling responded that she never wrote the scene, calling it “a load of cobblers.” The Twitter message that appeared to start the rumor included an image attributed to a blog, but the owner of the blog later said the image was a fake and not associated with his site. > [](https://twitter.com/anuananyas/status/587610333490974721) It’s not the first time Rowling has responded to rumors from readers. Rowling is very active on social media, frequently answering her fans questions and making announcements about her future work. She made TIME’s [30 Most Influential People on the Internet](http://time.com/3732203/the-30-most-influential-people-on-the-internet/ "undefined") list for 2015. _Read next:_ [_What J.K. 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