Weird leaves are a pretty nomal event, it is not related to heat or stress, they are just weird leaves...........nothing more, nothing less.
Constant defoliation is bad.
Your plant is investing a lot of energy and time growing them....why remove them constantly??
If she would not need them, she would not grow them in the first place!
Yes you are delaying flowering by over defoliating.
Less leaves = less energy being made = less growth.........it is that simple!
Also, by constantly defoliating, you are upsetting the plants hormonal balance, increasing the risk of hermaphroditism.
"Bud sites" do not need direct light to grow flowers, just like how fruit does not only grow on the sunny side of trees.
What the "bud sites" do need though, are the leaves to be able to make the energy required to grow the buds!
32 degrees C is nothing that is going to cause any issues, where I live we get many days of 45 degrees C most summers outdoors and I do not get any issues with my plants...........watering correctly is essential though!