Rumors that she had a romance with Tom Felton . Rumors that she dated Prince Harry. Rumors
that she got engaged to a California-based businessman. In today’s episode, we’ll look
beyond the veil of Emma Watson’s mysterious love life. Let’s find out whether the renowned actress
is in a relationship right now and how being “self-partnered” is different from being “single”.
Everybody started paying special attention to Emma Watson’s love life in 2019.
The Little Women star spoke about the emotional turmoil she experienced at that time.
She said that a lot of it had to do with the anxiety Emma felt about her upcoming
30th birthday. The actress believed society expected too much from her.
Watson spoke candidly about her birthday, “If you have not built a home,
if you do not have a husband, if you do not have a baby, and you are turning 30,
and you’re not in some incredibly secure, stable place in your career, or you’re still
figuring things out, there’s just this incredible amount of anxiety.”
Emma confessed that she felt extremely pressured. It seemed like her life was
falling apart. She didn’t date anyone at that time and was completely fine with that.
In the interview with the British Vogue, the famous actress described her vision of romantic
relationships, “I never believed the whole ‘I’m happy single’ spiel. I was like, ‘This
is totally spiel.’ It took me a long time, but I’m very happy. I call it being self-partnered.”
Interestingly enough, Watson isn't the first celebrity to shift what's normally
viewed as a negative relationship status into a positive. In 2014, Gwyneth Paltrow used the
term "conscious uncoupling" to describe her divorce from Coldplay singer Chris Martin.
Since that 2019 interview, Watson hasn't spoken about her love life.
But we know one thing for sure – it was as juicy as one may have expected.
Watson has purposely kept her love life out of the public eye for years.
Yes, the actress didn’t want to be in the media’s spotlight. So it was a bolt out of the blue when
in 2021, rumors about her engagement were flying around. It was a bombshell that left everybody
guessing whether Watson was really engaged to Leo Robinton, her boyfriend of over one year.
Yet, Emma took the mystery out of her love life.
The actress spoke out against the gossip, explicitly saying that she wasn’t engaged.
She addressed the rumors of her potential engagement on the Twitter page, “Dear Fans, if
I have news — I promise I’ll share it with you.” A month later, a source revealed that although
Watson wasn’t engaged to Robinton, she would like a long-term future with him. The lovebirds were
constantly spotted kissing and hugging each other on the streets of different cities.
Sounds like an awe-inspiring romance, right? When Watson's love life took an unexpected turn,
her fans still wondered whether she dated her colleague Tom Felton and had a romance
with Prince Harry. However, if the news about her relationship with the royal family member turned
out to be fake, Emma actually had a huge crush on Felton. Rumors about Emma Watson and Tom Felton's
romance were in the media for decades after the official release of the Harry Potter films.
Yet, Watson and Felton have never dated. Yes, the actress shared in 2011 that she had tender
feelings for the Harry Potter co-star. “For the first two movies, I had a huge crush on
Tom Felton. He was my first crush,” the actress opened up. “He totally knows. We
talked about it — we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that’s cool.”
During HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special in January 2022,
Watson revealed that Felton rejected her as a kid because he saw her as his little sister.
He was three years older. “I walked into the room where we were having
tutoring,” Emma 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.” Watson used to come in every day and look
for his number on the call sheet. And if his name was there, it was
an extra exciting day for the young actress. While Watson confirmed that nothing “ever,
ever, ever happened romantically” between her and Felton, she confessed that they love each other
even now. The two maintain a prolonged and sweet relationship. Felton also confirmed that he and
Watson have a kinship that is different from his friendships with other Harry Potter cast members.
“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,'” Felton shared. “I became very protective over her. Yeah,
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.” But there's no smoke without fire, right? In
a 2019 interview, Rupert Grint hinted that Watson and Felton were more than just friends.
“There was always something,” he explained.“There was a little bit of a spark. We were kids. It
was like any kind of playground romance … I didn’t have any sparks. I was spark-free.”
Emma’s relationship with Tom is a thing of the past. She seems extremely happy about
a whirlwind romance with her new boyfriend. What is so special about their love? Watson
doubted she could make friends with someone she went on a first date with:
“I didn’t think it was possible,” she said, "And it really is possible. And it’s actually great.”
What’s more, Watson and Robinton likely didn't meet on a dating app but rather through friends.
Watson explained to British Vogue that she doesn't use dating apps,
in part because of her celebrity status. “Dating apps are not on the cards for me,”
the actress explained. “I’m very lucky in the sense that because I went to university and
because I’ve done these other things outside of film, my friends are really good at setting me up.
Really good. And what’s really nice is some of my best friends are people I got set
up on a date with and it didn’t work out.” Robinton has no social media. He reportedly
deleted his accounts after pictures of him kissing Watson spread across the media.
Maybe that's why we don’t know much about this mysterious businessman?
Robinton is believed to be about 31. The Sun additionally reported that he is a Los Angeles
businessman who used to work for a company that specialized in legal cannabis there.
He left his role in June 2019, just before Watson appeared in his life.
Robinton is from a big family, with two older sisters, a twin brother named Archer,
and an older brother. His sister Daisy, a cell and molecular biologist,
tweeted a photo of Robinton with her at the Washington D.C. Women's March in 2017.
"Proud of my little bro for trekking across the country to support women's rights," she wrote.
Not much is really known about Watson and Robinton's relationship now,
as Watson and Robinton keep romantic life out of the limelight.
But the insider revealed that Robinton already met Watson's parents. "Emma introduced Leo to
her parents; she was really serious about him. They went for a meal together back in
December at The Ivy restaurant in St John's Wood not long after Emma and Leo first met."
Updates on Watson and Robinton's relationship remained very rare in 2021. But amid Watson's
representative telling Daily Mail that Watson's acting career is "dormant," and the actress
"is not taking on new commitments," another insider shared how Watson lived at that time.
"Emma has gone underground; she is settling down with Leo," the source explained. "They're laying
low. Maybe she wants a family." The couple was reported to settle down in Los Angeles.
For what it's worth, Watson has made no statement on her relationship with Robinton.
Us Weekly got very rare intel on Watson's relationship with Robinton in June 2021,
with a source telling the outlet, “Emma is so loved up with Leo and
this is the happiest anyone’s seen her in a relationship by a million miles.
They’re so connected in every way and spend all their spare time together.”
Meanwhile, Watson and Robinton don’t want to get engaged anytime soon. “Emma is all in and has her
heart set on a long-term future, but she doesn’t want to rush an engagement,” the insider added.
“She was a little annoyed when people started gossiping about an engagement being in the works,
but that was really just a privacy thing. Her and Leo’s friends fully expect them to
make things official at some point in the future,
but they’re happy with how things are right now,” the source explained.
Today, the main thing for the couple is to have love and trust for one another.
It doesn’t take a ring or piece of paper for Emma to be happy. Whether she stays single or not,
Watson clearly has the right idea about living life at her own pace.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed that everything will work out for Emma and her beloved Leo!
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