Has Emma Watson Dated Tom Felton

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.Many fans have shipped the duo ever since they learned of Watson's crush on Felton in the early days of their film franchise, in which she played Hermione Granger and he portrayed Draco Malfoy. While the actors have tried to sum up their tight bond before, Watson provided further insight in the foreword of Felton's new memoir

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Like Tom, I always struggle to explain to people the nature of our connection and relationship, she wrote. For more than twenty years now we've loved each other in a special way, and 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 answer? But what we have is far deeper than that, Watson continued. 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.

Sometimes it feels hard to live in a world where people are so quick to judge, to doubt, to question intentions. Tom doesn't do that, Watson continued. I know that, even if I've made a mistake, he'll understand that my intention was good. I know that he'll always

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Me. Even when he doesn't have the whole picture, he'll never doubt that I'm coming from a good place and will have done my very best. That's

That said, the two didn't have a magical rapport right away. In fact, Watson admitted in the book that their relationship didn't start well. However, they were able to grow a friendship, which Felton reflects on later in the book.

I've always had a secret love for Emma, though not perhaps in the way that people might want to hear, he wrote. That isn't to say there's never been a spark between us. There most definitely has, only at different times. 

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Love with Emma, Felton explained, but I loved and admired her as a person in a way that I could never explain to anybody else.

We met on the set...and just got on immediately. It was one of those instant things where you're like, 'Oh, I really like this person.' You just have a connection with somebody, and then suddenly it's incredibly easy to talk to them, Daniel said about their relationship in a 2014 interview with

Though Emma is very private about her love life, she was linked to rugby player Matthew Janney up until late 2014 and tech entrepreneur William Mack Knight for a stretch after that, a source telling

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Linked to Glee's Chord Overstreet for several months in 2018,  then tech CEO Brendan Wallace later that same year, she professed her love to someone new in a 2019 interview with British Vogue.

 I never believed the whole 'I'm happy single' spiel, she told the magazine. I was like, 'This is totally spiel.' It took me a long time, but I'm very happy. I call it being self-partnered.

Cast member that keeps his personal life on the down low, but he's been dating actress Georgia Groome on and off for years. The Daily Mail posted pictures of the duo at dinner in Los Angeles back in March 2017 and one lucky fan took a picture with Rupert at the premiere of Georgia's movie

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Hey Instagram....only 10 years late, but here I am. Grint on the Gram! the 32-year-old captioned a sweet photo. Here to introduce you all to Wednesday G. Grint. Stay safe, Rupert.

Event at Universal Orlando in July 2016, Matthew (a.k.a Neville Longbottom) and Angela Jones got engaged in December of that year. They're both over the moon, his rep told E! News at the time. They got together in July and hit it off straight away.

Co-star Emma Watson briefly sparked romance rumors in 2018 and 2019, but nothing came to fruition between the former costars, much to fans' chagrin. 

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At the time, We got on really well. That's why we're still together. London's such a melting pot that you can always find lovely people. It's nice being with someone who respects the arts so we talk about everything together.

However, the pair called it quits in 2015 after several years together and Bonnie appeared single...until she posted a Christmas message on Instagram with boyfriend Andrew Lococo. They wed in 2022.

I watched the news about lockdown from an isolated room in hospital. Poor baby is covid positive, she captioned a photo of the little one in a hospital crib in January 2021. He's okay and doing well but they are being vigilant and cautious, thankfully.

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It still hasn't sunk in just yet that we have our very own little boy, the actor wrote in an Instagram post. I can't wait to make the most amazing memories with Shannon and Cooper as we begin our little family. I'm so amazed by Shannon and she is now my Hero. I'm so proud of her for everything she has gone through. I can't wait to have you both home. It's so hard having to leave you both. I will love you both forever until my last breathe.