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Emma Watson: People Said I Had ‘Lesbian’ Hair

02/21/2012 at 01:30 PM ET

Emma Watson Haircut Spurs Lesbian Rumors
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Though her cropped do has been lauded as influential, Harry Potter alum Emma Watson says its initial reception wasn’t exactly constructive.

“I had journalists asking me if this meant I was coming out, if I was a lesbian now,” she tells the U.K.’s Independent. “That haircut did make me realize how subjective everyone’s opinion is. Some people were crazy for it and some people just thought I’d lost my [mind].”

The 21-year-old face of Lancôme says that her red carpet style is also hotly contested. After graduating from the Potter franchise, “I was fully game for ‘Throw me in this, throw me in that,’” she admits. “The press destroyed me over this Rodarte dress I once wore — it was bright blue with chains on it.” Still, she doesn’t consider the edgy look a mistake: “I loved it.”

But perhaps Watson has decided to tone it down as a result of the negativity. “I have to be more careful with my look in my everyday life,” she recently lamented to French Elle.

Still, she refuses to apologize for the decisions she makes. “I’m a multidimensional person and that’s the freedom of fashion,” she says, “that you’re able to reinvent yourself through how you dress and how you cut your hair or whatever.”

Justine Harman

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poppyloo on

She should be so lucky

Daphne on

People can be such idiots sometimes. I wear my hair extremely short as well and people sometimes assume I am a lesbian. I knew when she cut her hair people would assume the same thing about her. I personally think she looks gorgeous with her hair that way. She looks more grown up.

Robert on

People forgot why she cut her hair. She said that she did it to make a clean break from the Harry Potter franchise. She kept the same style hair since she started filming & wanted a change.

Javadude54 on

If you’re dressing to please other people and keep up with fashion, that’s not reinventing yourself… that’s trying to be what you think other people want you to be. Nothing is more shallow and superficial than fashion.

Traci on

I love Emma’s haircut. Why in the world would people ask her if she’s coming out of the closet. Good grief.

Joanne on

Why does this girl never smile?

Abby on

I hate that people assume short hair is lesbian. short hair can be beautiful and so unique! She should keep it short if she likes it like that. ridiculous.

Peony on

She looks very chic. Love her and her hair.

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txlady on

Chill Emma..you look adorable! We all know that most of the media have the IQ’s of houseplants.

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