Emma Watson is breaking her silence on being banned from driving within the UK for six months.
If you happen to don’t know the story, the 35-year-old Harry Potter star was reportedly caught going 38mph in a 30mph zone whereas driving final yr on July 31, 2024 in Oxford, England. On the time, Emma already had 9 factors on her license. In consequence, she was made to pay a superb of $1,396, and was given a six month ban on driving.
Now, she’s making her first feedback concerning the information, which made Worldwide headlines.
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“I lately began using a bicycle. Sure, I began using a bicycle earlier than my driving ban, however now it’s significantly fortuitous that I additionally trip a bicycle for that purpose,” Emma stated on an episode of the “On Goal with Jay Shetty” podcast.
About how viral it went, Emma stated, “I used to be getting cellphone calls. Like, it’s on the BBC, it was on worldwide, worldwide information! I used to be like, ‘My disgrace….’ It’s in every single place.” She added that many individuals reached out to her to say it had occurred to them as nicely.
She then additional defined why she may not have been as assured a driver, explaining, “Whenever you labored on films — I don’t know if folks know this — they actually is not going to insure you to drive your self to work. I’ve requested so many instances. You need to be pushed. It’s not a alternative. Particularly as a result of they want you there right down to the minute, principally, relying on what they’ve happening.”
“So I went from principally solely driving myself on weekends or throughout vacation to once I turned a pupil, driving myself on a regular basis. I didn’t have the expertise or abilities, clearly, which I now will and do,” she stated.
