Since Emma Watson announced she’d be leaving Brown University, rumors suggested she was parting ways with the school because of bullying. She’s now made a statement on her official site to clarify.

On being bullied:

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 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 also spoke of continuing at Brown, and interestingly her comments counter those said by her rep last week. While her rep said she would not be continuing at Brown, Watson today said she has not made a decision:

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! 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).