An American man was arrested in Oxford, England last month for allegedly stalking actress Emma Watson. According to a report by The Sun, 44-year-old Chad Michael Busto was arrested last September in New York City for harassing Watson and flew all the way to England to see her again on June 26. The outlet interviewed Busto from the Colnbrook Immigration Center afterward.
Busto made his first overture to Watson last fall at a fashion show in New York City, when he burst into a dressing room looking for the actress. He reportedly shouted out that he wanted to marry Watson before he was taken into custody. Last month, he traveled to England where Watson is currently pursuing a master's degree in creative writing at Oxford University. Locals said that Busto was asking around about Watson, and they reported him because he seemed suspicious. Busto's description of events was similar when he spoke to The Sun.
"I visited the English department and spoke to people. I went to the main admissions centre trying to gain information," he said. "I was trying to connect with Emma Watson. However, the claim was made about me because I was asking around. But it was not made by Emma herself. I was arrested in a square close to a Starbucks."
Busto shared some kind of conspiracy theory with the outlet, claiming that he had won a major legal case against the U.S. justice system in 2021. He said that was what he wanted to talk to Watson about, and that his declarations of love "were taken out of context." However, in terms of the NYC event he said: "I was shouting something and, yes, it was to get her attention. It kind of worked in the way I wanted."
Following a longstanding report that Emma Watson walked off the set of 2013 comedy This Is the End, Seth Rogen has confirmed the rumor is true. In an interview with British GQ, Rogen said that Watson did, in fact, refuse to shoot a scene in which Danny McBride is a cannibal and holds Channing Tatum by a leash.
But Rogen said he isn't bothered by it.
"I mean, I don't look back on that and think, 'How dare she do that?' You know? I think sometimes when you read something, when it comes to life it doesn't seem to be what you thought it was," he said. "But it was not some terrible ending to our relationship. She came back the next day to say goodbye. She helped promote the film. No hard feelings and I couldn't be happier with how the film turned out in the end."
The scene didn't end up in the film, but Rogen added that he's happier with the scene they used instead: "She was probably right. It was probably funnier the way we ended up doing it."
The movie was Rogen's directorial debut with Evan Goldberg, before they went on to direct The Interview (2014).
Rogen's book, which is probably best described as a memoir, is coming out in May, and in true Seth Rogen fashion, his book doesn't seem to be well, uh, traditional. Per British GQ, it's not so much a compilation of industry stories that tell fans how he made it and more of a group of questionably appropriate stories from his life.
"Honestly," he told British GQ, "in many ways, that was the biggest thing to overcome in my head: to demystify what a book was and what it meant to people. And I wanted to frame it as entertainment and not, like, a deep look at how Seth Rogen came to be."
Watson, whose last role was as Meg March in Little Women, was the subject of rumors that she was quitting acting because she hasn't been posting on her social media accounts. Her publicist Jason Weinberg issued a statement to Entertainment Weekly and denied these rumors.
"Emma's social media accounts are dormant, but her career isn't," he said in a statement to EW.
