Emma Watson has powerfully opened up about going to therapy to deal with the side effects of fame in a powerful interview for British Vogue.
The 29-year-old Little Women actress confided to Paris Lees, "I've sat in therapy and felt really guilty about it," Emma said. "I'm like why me, somebody else would have enjoyed and wanted this aspect of it more than I did. And I've struggled a lot with the guilt around that. I'm like, I should be enjoying this a lot more, I should be more excited and I'm actually really struggling."
Emma also reveals she turned to her family to keep her grounded, and remind her of her true self, "Part of what's helped me find peace is there were moments when it got so big where I almost had vertigo and felt it got so big that I felt l disconnected, and part of the peace within myself is remembering my identity.”
"I am someone's daughter. I am my mother's daughter, I am my father's daughter, I am a sister. I belong to a family. I come from a place, I have roots," Emma continues. "There's a whole big existence and identity that I have that's really important and weighted and solid, that has nothing to do with any of that."
The comments about dealing with the pressure of childhood fame come as Emma declared that she was, ‘self-partnered’ as she discussed turning 30 years-old as a single woman. “I never believed the whole ‘I’m happy single’ spiel,” the Harry Potter star said. “I was like, ‘This is totally spiel.’ It took me a long time, but I’m very happy [being single]. I call it being self-partnered.”
We are so here for Emma at the moment and how she is opening up about the issues that are affecting us all. The actress is certainly staying true to the messages behind Little Women , which is finally released on 26th December. We. Can’t. Wait.
