Are Emma Watson And Tom Felton Dating 2022

Tom Felton gave a candid reaction when quizzed on the rumour he and Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson had a secret romance.

Tom Felton, 34, and Emma Watson, 31, dating rumours crop up every now and again, despite the fact she's now in a relationship with an American entrepreneur.

Fans we must tell you the sad news that Tom and Emma are not dating, however, they remain the best of friends since meeting on the film franchise 20 years ago.

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Reunion special, Emma explained they've always been incredibly close and that she 'fell in love' with him when they were on the movies together.

She recalled: The assignment that had been given was to draw what you thought God looked like and Tom had drawn a girl with a backward cap on a skateboard. And I just don’t know how to say it – I just fell in love with him.

Tom reciprocated the sweet admission with: I think I was in the hair and make-up chair and someone said something along the lines of, ‘Yeah, she had a crush on you.’ I became very protective over her. Yeah, I’ve always had a soft spot for her and that continues to the day.”

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Tom and Emma have insisted they never dated, something the Draco Malfoy actor addressed earlier this year in a chat with Entertainment Tonight.

After first looking clearly taken aback by the question, Tom sweetly replied: We are something, if that makes any sense. We've been very close for a long time. I adore her.

He added: “As far as the romantic side of it, I think that's a Slytherin/Gryffindor thing rather than a Tom and Emma thing.

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I absolutely think the world of her. I think to be a part of what we've all been a part of, but for her to be the only girl, certainly the youngest one on set, to grow up with what she had to grow up with was incredibly exciting. You're going to get me teary now, but no, I think she's a fantastic influence on the world.

Tom said he speaks to Rupert Grint (Ron) and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry, obvs), as well as Emma, quite frequently, saying they still have a bond as though the films were “just yesterday.”

Emma was thought to be engaged to boyfriend Leo Robinton after she was pictured wearing a diamond ring on her wedding finger in February 2021.While Harry Potter ’s Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy were enemies on screen, real-life actors Emma Watson and Tom Felton couldn’t be closer in real life! So just what went down between the former child actors? Keep reading to find out everything we know about Emma and Tom’s relationship status. 

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Emma was 9 and Tom was only 12 years old when they first walked into auditions for the first movie of the franchise, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone , which debuted in theaters in 2001. 

“There was a definite Gryffindor/Slytherin divide in the early days, ” Tom reminisced of the early days on set, in an excerpt shared by Insider. “Two cliques that kept their distance from each other, largely because we didn’t spend that much time working together.”

Both Emma and Tom went on to star in all eight films over a ten-year period: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , parts I and II. The last film was released in 2011.

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In his memoir, which was released on October 18, the Harry Potter actor recalled a time he felt “ashamed” for mocking a 9-year-old Emma’s dance moves. “We were just being s—ty boys, largely out of awkwardness and because we thought taking the piss was cool, but Emma was visibly upset by our thoughtless reaction, ” he wrote. “I did apologize and Emma accepted my apology.” 

Following their time as kids, fans have wondered if Tom and Emma were ever involved romantically. In 2011, Emma further ignited the rumors after she admitted in an interview with Seventeen magazine that she “had a huge crush on” Tom while they filmed the first two movies in 2001 and 2002. 

During HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th reunion special, which debuted in January, the Little Women actress also revealed the extent of her childhood crush, as she admitted she use to look for Tom’s name on the call sheet every day during production. 

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In a special foreword for Tom’s Book shared by People , touching on their current relationship, The Perks of Wallflower actress penned she “always struggle(d) to explain to people the nature of our connection and relationship” as what they have is “far deeper.”

“For the first two movies, I had a huge crush on Tom Felton. He was my first crush, ” she told Seventeen in 2011. “He totally knows. We talked about it — we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that’s cool.”

“It’s always nice to bump into her, see her at the beach, or over dinner, or whatever, ” the In Secret actor gushed to the Daily Mail in November 2019. “She’s an incredibly smart and lovely young lady, so it’s always nice to bump into each other and slightly reminisce about old times but also about looking forward to the future.”

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“I think really the truth of it was Tom was the one I could often be more vulnerable with, ” Emma said during the 20th Anniversary Special on HBO Max. “Nothing has ever, ever, ever happened romantically with us. We just love each other. That’s all I can say about that.” 

“I became very protective over her, yeah, ” the British actor shared during the HBO Max production. “I’ve always had a soft spot for her and that continues to the day… There’s always been something that’s like, I don’t know, a kinship.”

In the foreword for Tom’s new book, Emma penned a special note for her former costar whom she’s loved in a “special way” for 20 years.

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“I’ve lost count of the times that people have said to me, ‘You must have drunkenly made out, just once!’ ‘You must have kissed!’ ‘There must be something!'” the Beauty and the Beast actress wrote in an excerpt shared by People. “Like Tom, I always struggle to explain to people the nature of our connection and relationship… For more than 20 years now we’ve loved each other in a special way.”

“It’s one of the purest loves I can think of. We’re soulmates, and we’ve always had each other’s backs. I know we always will. It makes me emotional to think about it, ” she went on.

 “You know that person in your life who makes you feel seen? That person who is somehow a witness to all that unfolds?” the British actress detailed. “That person who knows – really knows – what is happening to you and what you’re going through, without anything having to be said? For me, that person is Tom Felton.”

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“I’ve grown to understand with the passing of the years that of all of us, Emma had the most to deal with, the most difficult situation to negotiate, and from the earliest age, ” Tom authored in his memoir. “And the pressures she experienced went further than just having to deal with stupid boys…She was in many ways treated like an adult from the day she was cast. It’s a phenomenon that can, I think, be more difficult for girls than for boys. They are unfairly sexualized in the media and beyond.”