Emma Watson has announced that he is ‘self-partnered’ and explained what she means.
In 2019, just before her 30th birthday, the actress was interviewed by Vogue.
She admitted that she ‘had all these ideas’ about where her life would be by 30 and she felt ‘stressed and anxious’ about the things she had not achieved yet.
The Harry Potter star said; “And I realise it’s because there is suddenly this bloody influx of subliminal messaging around,”
“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.”
“It took me a long time, but I’m very happy [being single]. I call it being self-partnered.”
The term baffled fans -so what exactly does it mean?
It basically means a single person who is completely happy staying single. They are not looking to find a relationship to “complete them”. They are satisfied with their own company.
Sitting down with the publication again in 2023, Watson expanded on what she had meant.
The now 34-year-old said; “Getting to the point when I was 30, I was realising, ‘Oh, maybe I’ve figured out some things about how to care for myself better – maybe quite well, actually’. And taking pride in that.”
“Coming out of Covid, I really understood the importance of building community, having community and investing, very intentionally, time and energy into that.”
Despite feeling so secure in her single life, she is reportedly dating an Oxford University student named Kieran Brown. The pair have been together since July 2024.
