Emma Watson has said that rumours she was bullied by fellow students while she was attending Brown University made her "sad".
The 'Harry Potter' actress announced that she was withdrawing from the Rhode Island college earlier this year, a decision which was said to be based on harassment she received from students because of her fame.
However, her representative insisted that she was switching to a school that offered courses more in line with her educational objectives.
Watson explained to the Sunday Times Style magazine: "It made me so sad when all this stuff came out that I left Brown because I was being bullied. It made no sense at all.
"Brown has been the opposite. I've never even been asked for an autograph on campus. I threw a party for nearly 100 students and not a single person put a photo on Facebook."
Watson added that even if she had been bullied, she would not have allowed the behaviour to get to her. She said: "Anyway, even if I was being given a hard time, I wasn't going to wuss out of university because someone said 'Wingardium leviosa' to me in a corridor, or 'Ten points for Gryffindor'.
"I've been dealing with the media since I was 9. If I can't stand up to a few people giving me a hard time, it's a bit pathetic really. I've had so much worse."
