31. kind of sad that someone so young has twice as much class as the idiots we tend to idolize that are twice as old. i hope that doesn't change. keep the class, emma! it'll get you far.

Posted at 10:38AM on Jul 13th 2007 by rashed

32. Way to go Emma! It's not really lady like anyways to give someone the finger. She's much more mature then that.

Posted at 10:40AM on Jul 13th 2007 by Katie

33. John, #10, you are one sick, disturbed individual. That comment could, and should, be considered a violent threat against Emma Watson and you should be punished for it.

Emma, you rock for not giving the finger. Why do photographers want a picture of her doing that anyway? To make her look like a Queen B*@%$? She has way more class than the photographers could ever dream of!!

Posted at 10:42AM on Jul 13th 2007 by Peachy Keen Jellybean

34. Why, may I ask, does Emma have a lot to learn? I think it's refreshing for a change to see a movie star acting in a respectable and polite way. We have plenty of celebrities who are more than willing to act rude and unintelligent for press popularity.
Let's not get our feathers ruffled because we can't manipulate one strong girl to come down to our level.

Posted at 11:19AM on Jul 13th 2007 by Just a thought

35. Good Grief! Why would they even ASK her to do such a thing? As for young "Ladies" in America, we do have many, but apparently the media only likes to highlight the "VULGAR" and to add insult to injury call it the "NORM".

Posted at 11:36AM on Jul 13th 2007 by faye

36. Hey #19, keep you stupid, perverted thoughts to yourself!! People like you should be locked up with all the other perverted creeps. Emma is a very sweet and respectful young girl. I really do hope she stays that way and becomes a great respectful actress.

Posted at 11:37AM on Jul 13th 2007 by christylove

37. ..as a side note, the tabloids are reportedly equal or yet even worse for trash in Britain than America. Also there are those who act as ladies in many countries and those who also that do not in those same places. I don't think America has a corner on that market. It is the media and the news that is being used to distort perceptions.

Posted at 11:49AM on Jul 13th 2007 by faye

38. This is to all and I mean all of the rude, disgusting people who live here in
America and swear, flip the finger and rape, and maim women and children,
and all the other crimes that they commit, I would love to have a country that
is taught right and proper. And as for Emma Watson, what a doll and too those
idiots who asked her to use her finger, shame a whole lot on you for being so
low as to ask anyone too flip the finger.that shows all who are decent what kind
of crappy person you really are. Thank you Emma for having the class alot of
people here in USA don't have!

Posted at 11:50AM on Jul 13th 2007 by June D.

39. My Fiancee is from England...they actually have a completely different way of flipping the bird...sort of like the Peace sign flipped backwards. She probably didn't understand...that, and she's no idiot. If she had done it, it would have been all over the place.

Posted at 11:52AM on Jul 13th 2007 by Kevio

40. LOL!

Posted at 11:56AM on Jul 13th 2007 by aarib

41. "Still got a lot to learn", you say? No way, Jose -- far from it. It seems to me that Emma Watson may be just as savvy as Hermione Granger is -- or at the very least, that the people who handle her publicity are. C'mon, people...let's get real! Anyone who's even halfway perceptive and has more than two brain cells to rub together knows that the members of the entertainment press are out for themselves and not the performers. There's not exactly a ton of journalistic ethic in that profession -- gossip and scandal and innuendo is bread and butter to them. The reporter who praises you to the skies today won't hesitate to turn on a dime and savage you tomorrow if it suits him or her to do so. They don't make money by having nothing new to say, and an actress staying on the straight and narrow is of no use to them. That's why it's not unheard of for them to use insinuations or provoke a situation outright in the hopes of turning it to their advantage even though there may be little if any truth in it at all. What do you think would have happened if Watson had gone along with the photographers' wishes and "flipped the finger"? The press would have been all over her like a cheap suit for being rude and unfriendly. There may be times when bad publicity is preferable to none, but that's for celebrities whose stars are fading from the horizon -- something Watson has no need to be concerned about right now. Emma Watson won, and the photographers lost -- she got an extra bit of publicity and made herself look like a class act in the process. You GO, girl!!!!!!

Posted at 11:59AM on Jul 13th 2007 by GigiNYC

42. Bravo For Emma,

She is a first Class young lady and actor. She does not need to be associated with the riff raff of L. A /Hollywood. She does not need Hollywood or their lack of integrity,honesty.
The further she stays away from the cut throats, the better off she will be.

Posted at 12:02PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Gloria

43. Thanks TMZ for showing a professional, ethical side in this industry. Emma is a professional and her ethics shine through by not stooping to the likes of those who call themselves professional photographers. Emma is what this industry should reflect.
Best to her and her future endeavors!

Posted at 12:26PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Carol

44. Thank goodness she held her head and didnt flip them the bird. I find it very rude to ask a 17 year old to do something like that. I know most of young Hollywood does it on regula occassion, but she is not apart of that crowd. I am almost glad she lives far across the pond to be influenced too much by this downspiraling scene!

Posted at 12:34PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Elaine

45. Good for her! She's probably one of the few younger starlets who has some class, for lack of a better word. I think its sad that we have such horrible young "celebreties" (if that's what we have to call them) representing America. They are rude, annoying, and stupid! GOOD JOB EMMA... even if you didn't even understand what the man was saying... HAHA!

Posted at 12:34PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Tori