Friday, June 12, 2026

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell recalls night with Emma Watson

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Back in 2008, Johnny Borrell and Emma Watson met at the Burberry and Vanity Fair party and shared a taxi with him which created dating rumors. Johnny Borrell talked about it while promoting Razorlight's 20th anniversary tour.

Sitting down with me to discuss the album, Johnny reveals that putting together the tour reminded him of when he saved Emma Watson from overzealous photographers.

He says: "I was at an art exhibition and I got talking to this girl and we jumped into a taxi together."

"I didn’t watch the movies so I had no idea what she did, but it turns out she was in the Harry Potter films."

"Suddenly I realised we were being chased by a mass of paparazzi."

"They chased us all over but we eventually managed to escape the photographers by hiding on my mate’s narrow boat. It was a long story involving an iron gate and a Viking costume."


Source: The Sun


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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Her boyfriend at the time Jay was in the car as well, he was in the front seat. The media just ignored him whenever it was convenient and made a major story of him at other points.
I think friends of Emma's told the story as Borrell jumped in their taxi and not the other way around. He was probably pretty drunk.

Anonymous said...

You know… I’ve always wondered how much it bothers Emma how most people seriously misread her relationships but use confirmation bias to speak about them. And that goes for both the media and fans alike. Especially when some of the media and fans are quick to assume you’re dating every guy you’re seen with. Yet also subtly shame you for not being in a relationship past a certain amount of time, even though they dismiss the existence of your boyfriend for a good chunk of the time. Because I don’t know what’s worse, having fans assume you’re no longer together no matter how many times others tell them you’ve been spotted with said boyfriend (most recently Kieran). Or having the media assume you’re engaged when you’re actually on the brink of a breakup (most recently Leo).

Anonymous said...

To be fair we only know of two times she was seen with Kieran, the rest were hearsay. That's what most people have a problem with, the hearsay, not whether she's still with x person. Lots of people like to seem like they know something others don't (see Deuxmoi).

Anonymous said...

How much it bothers her seems to vary depending on the situation. She has at points been clearly very bothered by to the point she’s spoken publicly which is rare for her to do.

Anonymous said...

She is clearly not with kieran guy for years tho he was seen one time even then just back of his head and the new Mexican guy is also only seen once there us no proof these are long term bfs

Anonymous said...

She’s speaking at brilliant minds on Stockholm. They have a new very short profile. Still calling her an actor, in the film industry etc and also saying she’s finished her masters and begun some teaching (would need to do that if she does want a DPhil).

Anonymous said...

Justin Trudeau was there, available, but Emma dithered while Katy Perry darted.
There JusPerry are at Coachella, on the red carpet at the Tribeca FF, while Emma wanders the streets of Venice in her pjs.
Oh what might have been;
https://x.com/PMLynn/status/831789720896159745