Emma Watson Was Consumed By Shame After The Driving Ban

She continued, “Oh my God, I was getting phone calls like it’s on the BBC. It’s on international worldwide news. I was like, my shame is everywhere,” adding, “This is. I mean, what I say, I don’t know. I think in a funny way, what the sweetest result of it was getting so many messages from people being like happened to me too. It sucks, which was kind of nice in a way.”

Emma Watson On Actors Aren’t Allowed To Drive On Their Own

The British actor further explained how this had a striking relation to her acting career and a sense of responsibility associated with it. “When you have worked on movies — I don’t know if people know this — they literally will not insure you to drive yourself to work. I’ve asked so many times. You have to be driven. It’s not a choice. Especially because they need you there down to the minute, basically, depending on what they have going on,” the 35-year-old added, citing the real reasons behind the incident.

She stated, “So I went from basically only driving myself on weekends or during holidays to when I became a student, driving myself all the time. I did not have the experience or skills, clearly, which I now will and do.”

Emma Watson Reveals The Drastic Transition In Her Life

On the podcast, Watson claimed that the driving incident is a pure example of “one of these, like, awkward transitions” which she made from “living this very, very structured life to living a life where I was like, ‘Okay, I guess I’m going to get myself to this place and I’m going to do this thing that I’ve basically not done since I was 10 years old.”

The transition in Emma’s life has been a “discovery and a journey” for her, which helped in “humbling her”.

Drawing a sparkling comparison, she shared, “Because on a movie set, I’m able to do all of these like extremely complex things, stunts, sing, dance … and then I get home and I’m like, ‘Emma, you seem unable to remember keys, wallet, keep yourself at 30 miles an hour in a 30-mile speed limit. You don’t seem able to do some basic life things.’ … It’s been humbling.”

After a speeding incident in 2024, where she was caught driving at 38 mph in a 30 mph zone, Watson was ordered a six-month driving ban on July 16 in the UK. The star was just a few points away from having her driver’s license suspended, according to a report by BBC News.

Kashvi Raj Singh

Kashvi Raj Singh is a Sub Editor at News18. She extensively covers Bollywood, Hollywood and television. She not only keeps an eye out for interesting news angles but also often writes social commentary in long-…Read More

Kashvi Raj Singh is a Sub Editor at News18. She extensively covers Bollywood, Hollywood and television. She not only keeps an eye out for interesting news angles but also often writes social commentary in long-… Read More