Emma Watson Seen on Painting in the Park Date With New Rumored Love Interest

THE RUNDOWN

• Emma Watson was seen on what looked like a date with a new man.
• The star was last linked to Oxford student Kieran Brown.
• She has been pursuing a Masters degree during an acting hiatus.

On Tuesday, July 1, Emma Watson was seen in an Oxford park sitting beside a rumored new love interest on what looked like a “cute date,” according to onlookers speaking with the Daily Mail. It was an idyllic scene at Port Meadow country park and the pair sat by the side of a lake, working on small paintings.

Watson was wearing a green summer dress with a floral white print and scalloped short sleeves. Her companion wore khaki shorts and a white T-shirt with a graphic blue-and-white flower print on the back. They both had sunglasses up on their heads and had bags with snacks and water surrounding them.

A local student named Judie told the publication, “I saw them for like 40 minutes. They were having a general chat and making each other laugh, which was cute,” adding, “They were painting each other and eating together. It was just a really cute date. It looked successful as they were laughing a lot, which was nice to see.”

Watson was most recently linked to Oxford student Kieran Brown in 2024, a year after splitting up from her previous boyfriend, Brandon Green. Watson most likely met Brown during her studies at Oxford, where she has been working part-time on a Master’s degree. Green is the son of business mogul Sir Philip, and they broke up in 2023. There has been no report on the end of Watson’s relationship with Brown, however.

The Harry Potter star has been taking a hiatus from acting as she pursues her studies and takes on roles behind the camera, as a director. In 2023, she told British Vogue, “Going into my 30s, I was in this moment of real change and [thinking] ‘What is going on?’ And it was someone else who said to me, ‘Oh, this is normal. You’re going through your Saturn return.’ [I was] like, ‘What is that and why has no one warned me?!’ I’ve spoken to so many women and so many of my friends who said, ‘Oh, yeah, between 28 and, like, 30, 31, 32, that kind of age, everything shifted.’ ”

She continued, “Because I’m in a career that moves very quickly, the decision to take time to do these things felt like a very big decision. [Choosing] to go back and write and study and get behind the camera was terrifying for me because I’d never done it before. I had always been in front of the camera; I’d always been an actor.”

Watson added, “I’m just so glad that I did [step away from acting] because I have this feeling of having my own voice and creative space and sovereignty in some way that I don’t think I did before–more autonomy.”