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Emma As Rep for Chanel Rumor Apparently False
WatsonThe rumor about actress Emma Watson becoming a spokesperson for Chanel is false, although you will NOT hear that officially from the legendary couture house. Readers will recall that several days ago, a report published originally in UK tabloid The Daily Mail claimed that the Hermione Granger actress would become “new face of the Chanel fragrance Coco Mademoiselle,” and had “signed a two-year contract worth £3million with the French fashion house to promote the brand.”
This story was picked up by media worldwide, and the only report of a denial was found in one small story via Eonline which said the claim was “just a rumor”: “It’s false.” Today the LA Times blog has more on why this apparent denial of this rumor was not sent out immediately to counter the global press coverage. The blog cites an unnamed New York spokesperson for Chanel as saying “We’re not allowed to make statements when the reports are not true,” then continued to say “It’s the company’s policy not to make a statement if the report is not true.For instance, when Audrey Tautou’s contract was leaked to the press, we issued a statement because it was true, she was being put under contract.”
The LA Times blog then has this quote from the Chanel spokesperson, who says the house will NOT issue a written denial . “We are only allowed to speak to reporters about this. We cannot widely release a statement that the report isn’t true.” Even the Chanel spokesman’s name may not be used due to yet another strange set of corporate rules. “I cannot be quoted. Just say company spokesman,” she explained.
Most curious indeed. So as it would seem the report of Emma Watson becoming a spokesperson for Chanel is indeed false, we are working to get more detailed response from reps from the actress. More when we get it!
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due to the wide spread gossip of this it wont be long till some form of fashion house strikes a deal with her
I agree with kiwi, I think a designer could throw her a deal fairly soon. She’s too young to market for Chanel, the target audience isn’t old enough to buy Chanel products and they don’t do a “young” line.
Hopefully she’ll manage to stand properly when having pictures taken of her! She’s always got the worst posture in the pics she has taken at events.
@miriam
I’ve not noticed her posture before will have to pay attention.
Let’s hear it for the world media… Pfffffpt. (How does one spell a ‘raspberry’?) They apparently got it wrong—again.
As for Emma’s posture for pics, it’s like she doesn’t know what to do with her hands and feet. Only the studio pics are well posed. (But I love her anyway.)
OMT
I don’t really care about her posture! It just shows that she is human like everybody else. I have not heard of Chanel before this so I don’t really see the effect it would have on me.
thank goodness she just was not right for any HIGH fashion house…does ot have to looks for it. as for her posture its terrible and its not just when she is posing at premiers she is like that all the time!!! NO fashion house wants a model with such a bad posture and the fact she is only internationally known as a hp actor and thats it….and she is a pretty crap one too she acts with her eyebrows all the time they move too much.
sorry bout that…
you have never heard of Chanel before??? where the hell have you been for the past 50 something years??
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Actually, the rumor was for for her to rep the Coco Mademoiselle fragrance, which is aimed at a younger demographic.
Kiera Knightly was the “face” of Coco Mademoiselle in 2007and prior to that, it was Kate Moss.
@ anne,
I’m just wondering. Do you think if you sat down and though about it for a minute or two, you might actually find something you LIKE about Emma Watson??...Naahhh!
to Matt’s Girl
Emma Watson annoys me. trust me i have tried to find something that i like about her but i havent been able to yet. ive never liked her since the begining of harry…she just was not hermione to me, not the way i imagined her to be.
sorry emma fans…..she just bugs me
aw,that’s too bad, i mean i’m not a huge fan of Emma’s acting, but she is very pretty and i LOVE her clothes.
@anne: “where the hell have you been for the past 50 something years???”
The first thing I thought was along those lines. :) It seems odd that someone could never have even slightly heard the name before. I’ve passed magazines, stores, bus ads and the like emblazoned with the name and logo. Not to mention that annoying way-too-long Nicole Kidman commercial (which, oddly enough, I’m pretty sure I saw for the first time while in line to buy my POA dvd a few years ago).
hugs Nifflergold Go out into the sun, my child. :) It’s so pretty out there.
Every time Leaky posts a story about Emma Watson, the same old trolls post the same old vitriol.
Weird One, you’ve touched on the point I want to make. For all those who are so critical of Emma I do hope that they are so beautiful and poised that they can stand up to the same scrutiny by which they so readily judge Emma.
And actually, when I watch people on TV or anywhere else, my eyes are usually focused on their eyes. So maybe some of you need to look elsewhere.
As for the rumor, which after all is the point of this story, it sounds to me like Chanel is in serious need of a policy change where rumors are concerned. That just seems silly that no one has the authority to squelch a false rumor. Are none of them willing to speak up? Good grief.
@ Eeyore, I agree with you completely.
Chanel’s policy is very strange to me as well. And the personal attacks against Emma Watson that appear so often on Leaky – they’re even stranger.
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That’s too bad the story is wrong. She would be quite perfect to represent a younger line of products for Chanel. Emma is a lovely, pretty and poised young woman – they’d be lucky to have her.