'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson has denied claims that bullying forced her to take a break from university in the US.
Last month the 21-year-old announced she was taking a break from her studies at Brown University.
The announcement was followed by allegations that she had been bullied while attending the university.
In a posting on her website, Watson said: "I felt the need to let you all know the reason I took a semester off from Brown had nothing to do with bullying as the media have been suggesting recently.
"I have never been bullied in my life and certainly never at Brown. This '10 points to Gryffindor' incident [where classmates allegedly mocked her with a Potter reference when she answered questions correctly] never even happened.
"I feel the need to say this because accusing Brown students of something as serious as bullying and this causing me to leave seems beyond unfair."
Watson said she had not decided on her plans for the next college year.
"Please don't try and speculate about what I might do in September - no one can possibly know because I don't even know yet!" she said.
"Like my other fellow Brown students I am trying to figure out my third year and whether or not I will spend it abroad (this is common)."
Staff and students at the university have also denied the bullying allegations.
