Everyone loves a good revenge story -- especially when the story in question happens to involve the Queen of Twitter badassery herself, J.K. Rowling.

Stories aren't always true, though.

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Over the last few weeks, the following anecdote about J.K. Rowling and Stephen Fry has been doing the rounds on Twitter.

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According to the writer, the story was based on something Stephen Fry said.

On Tuesday morning, though, J.K. Rowling herself shared it -- and she set the record straight.

The good news? Magic is still totally real.

Phew.

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