According to Celebitchy young actress Emma Watson had absolutely no idea how much money she was making when she did the Harry Potter series until she recently turned 18.

In that she made $4,000,000 alone for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2007 its safe to say that that loot along with all the money she made with the other Harry Potter movies equaled to a pretty massive amount of money.

In fact, she was released so much money when she turned 18 that she says her father made her take a bank course.

“My dad never told me how much money I was earning. Then, when I hit 18, he was like, ‘I want you to understand that your money isn’t some kind of abstract concept. I want you to have a feel for what it’s worth and what you can do with it”.

She continued saying:

“The course was interesting, I’m glad I did it, but the truth is I’d just like to pretend that the money doesn’t exist. It’s amazing how many children are aware from such a young age about money being important or supposedly impressive.”

As to her own spending habits she says:

“I really don’t have time to spend my money. Sometimes my bank manager calls me to say, ‘You haven’t used your card in a while and now you’re using it – no-one’s stolen it have they?!’”

I think from the way she describes her father it seems as if he is a good father who really has his daughters best interest at heart. I think it was a great idea to have made her take a bank course before saying “here ya go, have at it”. There are so many young celebrities out there wasting money left and right its sickening. It’s not that I think it’s my business to tell someone what to do with their money, but really, is it really necessary to have hundreds of pairs of shoes or purses?

Good for Emma Watson. I hope she stays grounded.

Jordasche Bledsoe