Sir Ian McKellen? Gandalf? One could certainly be mistaken for worse.
Genteel in manner and speech. A talented actor on stage, screen, and television. As gay as Sir Laurence Olivier and Montgomery Clift.
I am indeed flattered.
No irony . . . 'tis an invocation of Gaudere’s Law.
(You also misspelled McKellen. But, not to worry . . . none shall notice.)