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Emma Watson attends the premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' at Ziegfeld Theatre on July 9, 2009 in New York City Getty ImagesAccess Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The editor-in-chief of The Harvard Voice has apologized to "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson after a controversial incident at last weekend's Harvard-Brown football game.
In a note posted on the Voice's Web site on Thursday, editor Alicia Ramos denied allegations from the New York Post's Page Six that the paper had encouraged what Page Six described as a "stalking mission" on Thursday.
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The Post had reported Tuesday that the star was left "quite shaken" from fans' attention and needed the assistance of security guards for her safety at the weekend game.
In her letter on Thursday, Ramos explained that Watson, a Brown student, had been expected on the Harvard campus for the event, which reporters for the student magazine live-Tweeted and blogged over the weekend.
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"The presence of a luminary on campus inevitably creates much speculation and excitement, certainly without the help of an intentionally facetious liveblog," she wrote. "The Voice denies any efforts to 'orchestrate' a mass mob of gawkers. In fact, the bloggers were never certain whether or not Watson was actually present and never once caught a glimpse of her... The blog was meant as an intentionally sensationalist parody for which no real action was taken.
"The Voice apologizes for any misunderstanding that the live blog may have caused and for any discomfort Miss Watson may have felt due to the post," she concluded.
An apparent photo of Watson taken at the game is no longer on the newspaper's site.
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Further, in a statement to Access Hollywood on Thursday, Ramos called the Post's story "outrageously overblown."
However, last Friday, the Voice's Twitter page devoted numerous posts to the search for the star.
"Let's go Hermione! Lolz," a reporter Tweeted at the time, referring to Watson's on-screen character. "In enemy territory. Lookin for a certain witch."
Though Ramos denied that the star was spotted by its reporters, the Twitter page seemed to indicate otherwise later that evening.
"WATSON FOUND. i repeat WATSON FOUND," a Tweet read.
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Happy 4meLEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!report abuseposted November 21, 2009 8:47 AM PST
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Happy 4meLEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!report abuseposted November 21, 2009 8:47 AM PST
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Liver PasteWhy would she even show up for American style football in the first place? Why do people go so nutzy over entertainers anyway? Its an over paid job, thats all it is.report abuseposted November 20, 2009 8:35 PM PST
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Liver PasteWhy would she even show up for American style football in the first place? Why do people go so nutzy over entertainers anyway? Its an over paid job, thats all it is.report abuseposted November 20, 2009 8:34 PM PST
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Warren MJust leave the kid alone, let her finish college as a normal student!report abuseposted November 19, 2009 9:34 AM PST
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Cynthialeave her alone!! stop messing with her life and go search for your own! i hate harvard now!! love u emma!report abuseposted November 1, 2009 1:40 PM PST
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Katycant she just go to school without anybody runing after herreport abuseposted October 15, 2009 12:03 PM PDT
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---------------------------------------She is my favorite. Just saw her on milllionaire personals site--------------------------M e e t i n g W e a l t h y . C o m------------last week. I am wondering what kind of relationship she is looking for on that site.Is she single again now?------------------report abuseposted October 1, 2009 12:24 PM PDT
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poison ivyWow, way to make her not want to attend a normal college event ever again! As for what their "official" comment is, I think they did deliberately set up a stalking type mission to find her... why lie about it now? Makes your apology really worthwhile, let me tell ya!report abuseposted October 1, 2009 11:58 AM PDT
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AngelThat sucks!! Leave her be - freaking Piranas!report abuseposted October 1, 2009 11:40 AM PDT
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