The Scary Reason Emma Watson Doesn't Like Taking Selfies With Fans

It turns out Voldemort isn't the only threat Emma Watson's faced in her lifetime. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Watson revealed that stalking from fans had gotten so intense that she had to stop saying "yes" to selfies. Apparently, selfies violated her privacy, as the photos would be instantly posted to social media, sharing her whereabouts and current appearance with the world.

"For me, it's the difference between being able to have a life and not," she told the magazine in March 2017. "If someone takes a photograph of me and posts it, within two seconds they've created a marker of exactly where I am within 10 meters. They can see what I'm wearing and who I'm with. I just can't give that tracking data."

Luckily, Watson is happy to sign autographs and chat with fans about the Harry Potter series. "I'll say, 'I will sit here and answer every single Harry Potter fandom question you have but I just can't do a picture," she said. "I have to carefully pick and choose my moment to interact." Watson added that she also refuses to talk about relationships in interviews because it keeps the paparazzi from swirling. "You can't have it both ways," she said.

Watson's reasoning is understandable, as stalking can be a dangerous and very real problem for celebrities. So if you ever see the actress in the flesh, have her sign your wizardry wand before you point your phone her way.

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