“I’m really sorry to be revealing to you, but I think you’re probably a really nice person,” says Jade of the “Harry Potter” alum.
As we approach the 20th anniversary of Back to Hogwarts, Olivia Jade shares her own experience of Harry Potter.
The social media influencer and contestant on “Dancing with the Stars” opened up during the E! “Down in the DMs” on Thursday, noting that Tom Felton once slipped into the DMs. And he did so much more quietly than Draco Malfoy mustered on screen.
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It even slipped into a great HP reference, although that might be part of the problem.
According to Jade, Felton texted her, “Hey buddy. Dig your work.” He then followed that up with a snake emoji, which is a very clear nod to his Slytherin background from the blockbuster movie series.
Unfortunately for Felton, the signal flew over Jade’s head like a seeker after the Golden Snitch in Quidditch (these are also references you probably won’t get).
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“I haven’t seen the Harry Potter movies, so I didn’t understand the humor,” Jade admitted. And without proper context, who knows what she thought of a snake emoji from a complete stranger, she had no idea he was one of the most famous people of the 2000s.
In her defense – only somewhat – is the fact that Jade was born in 1999, so she was more concerned about bathroom training when the first Potter movie came out in theaters than she was about the mean but still a fairly cute boy that lasted In choosing Harry and his friends.
She also admitted that she left him in reading mode. “I didn’t answer and now I just revealed that I saw it and didn’t reply, so that’s also rude of me,” she said, although she did not indicate how long he tried to open a dialogue.
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She admitted that most people would probably be excited to have Tom Felton slip into DMs with a snake emoji, but she blew it. “I just need to watch more movies,” she admitted — which means she Still I didn’t see them?
Apparently she found out at some point who he or she doesn’t have a story. Did someone else tell her? Did you come across it somewhere? Have you started seeing his name pop up as the anniversary approaches and sounds familiar oh my god?
The holidays are the perfect time to binge-watch the eight movies. They are currently streaming on HBO Max. Oh, and the books are pretty cool, and you’re going to get a lot of Malfoy in those—for better and worse.
“Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Back to Hogwarts” hits HBO Max on New Year’s Day.
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