With beauty, brains and talent, Emma Watson is one of the most eligible young women in the country. But a former flame of the ‘Harry Potter’ actress apparently didn’t like the idea of her fame eclipsing his own potential star power. ‘Made In Chelsea’s Francis Boulle was pictured flirting with Miss Watson, now 21, at a Cartier polo party back in 2008, and now the reality star has opened up about why the romance didn’t work out. Francis Boulle ended their relationship as he thought she was too famous. “We had a bit of a thing a while back but I have always been an ambitious person and I want to achieve my own notoriety for what I’ve done,” Boulle told Heat magazine. “That’s why I chose not to pursue it any longer, because I didn’t want to be the boyfriend of some child actress,” he added. Unsurprisingly, Boulle admits that he and Emma have not kept in touch since their ill-fated fling.
He adds: “But we do share a lot of mutual friends and our paths cross from time to time.” Of the actress, Lancôme spokesperson and university student, he says: “I actually really like Emma. She’s a very different person to who she is in the media. That’s what I liked about her – she’s very interesting.” While her former flame is still musing over their romance, Emma has well moved on. After ending her two-year relationship with financier Jay Barrymore last year, Emma was linked to musician Georgie Craig and fellow Brown student Rafael Cibrian. She is now dating her co-star in ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’, Johnny Simmons.
