How Long Did Emma Watson And Tom Felton Date

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

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.

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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

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.

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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. 

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

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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

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.

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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

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.

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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. 

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.

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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.

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. stans know that franchise stars Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) are super close IRL, and as young actors on set, Emma crushed super hard on Tom. And although they never dated, Emma delved a little deeper into the details of their sweet relationship in a foreword for Tom’s new memoir,

In the short introduction of the book — which hit shelves on October 18 — the actress shared that Tom has “a heart the size of a planet” and that for two decades, they’ve “loved each other in a special way.” At one point, she refered to him as her “soulmate.”

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“As you’ll read in this book, our relationship didn’t start well, ” Emma began. “When we first met, I was a moony and probably rather annoying nine-year-old girl who followed him round like a puppy, desperate for his attention. But, as he has written so eloquently, beautifully and generously in this book, our friendship didn’t end there. Thank goodness it blossomed and endured.”

“Like Tom, I always struggle to explain to people the nature of our connection and relationship. For more than twenty years now we’ve loved each other in a special way, ” she 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. It makes me emotional to think about it.”

Emma adds that they share a “true” friendship and “to be seen and loved like that is one of the great gifts of my life.”

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Later in the memoir, Tom himself revealed that he had a “secret love” for Emma, but “not perhaps in the way that people might want to hear, ” according to excerpts published in

“That isn’t to say that there’s never been a spark between us. There most definitely has, only at different times, ” he wrote. “Rumours started to abound that there was more to our relationship than we were letting on. I denied that I liked her in that way, but the truth was different.”

“My girlfriend at the time knew straight away that there was something unspoken between us. I remember using the familiar old line, ‘I love her like a sister.’ But there was more to it than that, ” Tom continued. “I don’t think I was ever in love with Emma, but I loved and admired her as a person in a way that I could never explain to anybody else… We were kindred spirits. I know for certain I’ll always have Emma’s back and she’ll always have mine too.”

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Following the release of Tom’s book, and the details of his and Emma’s friendship within, some might wonder if the two ever made a formal agreement to keep their relationship platonic. But according to an interview with

“None of us had that pact. There was chemistry, but no one acted on it as far as I know, ” Tom revealed to the outlet.

“Emma and I have always been very dear to each other, ” he added. “But it didn’t start that way. She was nine when we first met and I was 12, and I think I was a bit of a cocky teenager going on 25. But we’ve been dear friends all our lives, and she was very encouraging for me, actually, to continue writing these stories down to make them into a book.”

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Special, she disclosed that she “fell in love” with her costar during filming. And while nothing romantic has ever transpired between the two, we can’t help but feel all the feels for this beautiful friendship. ❤️

Leah Campano is an Associate Editor at , where she covers pop culture, entertainment news, health, and politics. On the weekends, you can probably find her watching marathons of vintage

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