[...well by this point Lockhart's sure everyone will want to forget this, so he can just go ahead...]

...yes and yes, actually. Magic is supposed to be kept under lock and key around people who aren't magical, which is why I said I was an actor. I am actually the five time winner of Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award, recipient of the Order of Merlin, Third Class, and Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at the esteemed Hogwarts School of Magic, Gilderoy Lockhart!