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Film franchise, credited his co-star and longtime friend Emma Watson with encouraging him to write about his struggles with alcoholism and multiple stints in rehab in his new memoir.

, Felton says he began drinking more heavily after he moved to Los Angeles, “craving normality” in the thick of Hollywood. It took Felton several tries to get sober, and he says his first stint in rehab didn’t last long, with the actor walking off the grounds after just a few days.

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, Felton said he initially wasn’t going to share the story about his escape in his book, but he said Watson convinced him otherwise.

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“Emma was a big force of encouragement to be like, ‘This will resonate with people, ’ ” Felton said. “It wouldn’t really seem right just to talk about all the fluffy stuff. … After encouragement, I was given a bit more confidence in myself to go, ‘You know what? This happened, and this is part of my life.'” (Watson also wrote the foreword for

Felton added, “She’s one of the first people I think I’d spoken to about [the book], really. I was slightly reluctant to talk about my family about my personal life, about not just the great moments, but some of the bad ones too. There’s obviously gonna be trepidation about sharing that with the world. She was a massive influence to say, ‘No, put it all out there. Trust yourself. People will really connect with this.'”

), Felton admits he started “drinking to escape a situation, ” writing, “I went from being not particularly interested to regularly having a few pints a day before the sun had even gone down, and a shot of whiskey to go with each of them.” He adds that he soon began to drink on set and would show up “unprepared” for work.

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Eventually, Felton’s agents, managers, lawyers, and then-girlfriend, Jade Olivia, staged an intervention and convinced Felton to enter rehab (Felton writes that his team threatened to drop him as a client if he didn’t go). He shares a surreal anecdote from the day he arrived at the facility when the nurse checking him in offered to give him a name tag with an alias due to his celebrity.

Films, it’ll be because of my face, ” Felton writes. “It won’t be because of what’s written on my name tag. You could write ‘Mickey F**king Mouse’ on my chest, and they’re not going to think I’m him.”

Despite the brevity of that stay, Felton says the experience still gave him some clarity. After ending things with Olivia, he decided to check himself into a different facility, calling that program “life-changing” and crediting it with helping him recognize the “state of absolute numbness” he’d been living in. Still, Felton bristled at some of the rules and ultimately got kicked out after being found in another woman’s bedroom.

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Though Felton wrote that his life seemed back on track after that, a couple of years later, that aforementioned “numbness” returned. He again sought help but said it was “one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make.”

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Felton goes on to admit that he still struggles with mental health issues, but he doesn’t want to keep them tucked away. “I’m no longer shy of putting my hands up and saying: I’m not okay, ” he writes. “To this day, I never know which version of myself I’m going to wake up to.”co-stars Emma Watson and Tom Felton, there's no denying that these two pals have some great chemistry. Even Ron Weasley (aka Rupert Grint himself) agrees!

That she is single or self-partnered as she called it. And Felton mirrored the sentiment when speaking with MailOnline, calling himself happily self-partnered, and referring to Watson as an incredibly smart and lovely young lady.

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But just because these two are single doesn't mean they're looking to mingle. Back in August, ET learned that the two are indeed just good friends and not dating.

, Watson was asked whether she wishes she'd kissed Felton on-screen after kissing co-stars Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe in separate scenes.

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Umm, his beautiful girlfriend is sitting right over there, so no, I don't think so, Watson said, blushing. My 12-year-old self, absolutely, but my 21-year-old self, no.

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Age sort of between the ages of 10 and 12 I had a really terrible crush on Tom Felton, she admitted at the time. [Girls] love a bad guy and he was a few years older and he had a skateboard. And that just did it, really. He used to do tricks on it. He was so cool.

She revealed that Felton totally knew about the crush, adding, He'd tell everyone, 'Oh, I see her in a younger sisterly way.' And it just broke my heart. Still does. It was gutting, really.

Felton loves reuniting with his co-stars and has posted several group shots with Watson. In April 2018, the pals posed with Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom, and Felton captioned the shot, School mates #hogwartsalumni. Then in November 2018, he shared a throwback group shot with the

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The post that got fans most excited happened in November 2018, when Watson shared a sweet beach selfie with Felton, followed by a video of the pair huddled close on Felton's longboard.

The moment sparked some major fan theories, despite Watson calling out Felton's new show in her caption and writing, Congrats dear friend #TFToleratingmysubparskatingskillssince1999.

About Watson's childhood crush on him, saying, Let's move on, there's no need for this. No, we've been very good friends for a very long time. Leave it at that.

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The internet was abuzz once more in August when Felton shared a shot of himself in pajama pants and wet hair and Watson in pajamas as well, holding a guitar.

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In September, Felton threw it back to Watson's peak crush days, posting an on-set video of him playing a game while dressed in full Draco Malfoy costume with Watson as Hermione.

Champion #Slytherin, he captioned the cute clip. And Watson quickly replied, I'd like to point out that I did go on to win.

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