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Emma Watson is the latest celebrity to comment on Taylor Swift‘s legal situation with Big Machine’s Scooter Braun.

During an interview with Variety at the New York premiere of Little Women, the actor said the pop star’s current ownership battle over her music very much reminds her of Saoirse Ronan’s character Jo March, who also struggles to own the copyrights to her debut novel.

“It’s about believing in yourself and knowing your worth and owning your worth,” Watson said on the red carpet.

“Right now, the Taylor Swift situation is a great example of, you know, you’re young and you’re talented and someone wants to buy your work, but having ownership at the end of the day is super, super important because you don’t know what someone’s going to decide to do with that,” she explained.

The Harry Potter star also compared the situation to the Monopoly board game.

“I think people undervalue ownership,” she added. “You know when you play Monopoly and you have a decision and you want to own something or get cash fast. The way to win Monopoly, everyone, is to own stuff. I’m just saying.”

You can watch Watson’s full interview with Variety below:

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Watson isn’t the only Little Woman star to weigh in on Swift’s controversy; Ronan also made comparisons between her character and the “Lover” hitmaker while promoting the film last week.

“Taylor Swift just released an album [and it’s the first album she’s ever owned,” she said on This Morning. “We really wanted to use this opportunity to honour this and fight for her work.”

As for Swift, she first spoke out against Braun and Scott Borchetta in June after the talent manager purchased her masters allegedly without her consent.

The 30-year-old singer also took aim at Braun while accepting Billboard‘s Woman of the Decade Award. During her powerful speech, Swift noted that music is too often “bought up like real estate,” adding that it had “happened to me without my approval, consultation or consent.”

“The fact is that private equity enabled [Braun] to think, according to his own social media post, that he could ‘buy me.’ I’m obviously not going willingly,” she said. “Yet the most amazing thing was to discover that it would be the women in our industry who would have my back and show me the most vocal support at one of the most difficult times and I will never, ever forget it. Like, ever.”

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Hailey Baldwin. Justin Bieber’s wife. Commented “gentleman” on his post defending Braun, which irked Swift’s friend, Cara Delevingne. More on that later.

Yael Cohen Braun. Scooter’s wife. Posted a lengthy message to her Instagram defending her husband’s name and accusing Swift of collecting and dropping friends like “wilted flowers.” Kendall Jenner, Courteney Cox, Tori Kelly, Kacey Musgraves, and Olivia Munn all reportedly “liked” Yael’s message at one point. (Some have since retracted.)

Allison Jamie Kaye. A partner at Ithaca Holdings. Re-posted Yael’s message to Instagram and applauded her for speaking out. “I can categorically say that @scooterbraun is not only a good man who supports all women – particularly [Taylor Swift], who he has defended and advocated for behind close doors more times than I can say,” she wrote.

Demi Lovato. Braun’s client; also came to his defense on Instagram. “I have dealt with bad people in the industry and Scooter is not one of them. He’s a good man,” she wrote. Lovato also hit back at claims Todrick Hall made that Braun is homophobic. “I can guarantee you Scooter isn’t,” she said. “As a member of the LGBTQ+ community myself, he wouldn’t have signed me if he was.” Hall responded to Lovato via a series of tweets, but more on that when we get to Team Taylor.

Ty Dolla $Sign. Another client of Braun’s; wrote him a congratulatory message on Instagram that seemed to hint at the Swift drama.

Scott Borchetta. Defended Big Machine’s decision to partner with Braun; claims Swift knew about the acquisition before it went public.

Erik Logan. Big Machine board member; defended Borchetta and said of Swift, “You’re the real bully. Your power is fading.”

Halsey. One of the first celebs to come forward in support of Swift. “She deserves to own the painstaking labor of her heart,” she posted to Twitter.

Katy Perry. Reportedly signed a petition urging Swift to re-release her first six albums on Republic so she could retain ownership. “I stand with Taylor. Stay strong, my friend,” she wrote alongside her signature, per this screenshot captured by a fan. (These two confirmed they’re no longer feuding after Perry appeared in Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” video.)

Cara Delevingne. Longtime friend of Swift’s; jumped to her defense after Hailey Baldwin called her husband, Justin Bieber, a “gentleman” for defending Braun. “Gentleman? @haileybieber @justinbieber you must be bored,” she wrote under Bieber’s post. “I wish you spent less time sticking up for men and more time trying to understand women and respecting their valid reactions.”

Todrick Hall. Also a friend of Swift’s; posted several tweets asserting his loyalty to her. “I truly hope justice is served and that my friend’s music will fall into the hands of a better human,” he wrote. He also said he believes Braun is “homophobic.”

Demi Lovato hit back against that accusation on Braun’s behalf, which incited a rift between her and Hall. “Stop using your one client who identifies as queer to stand up for you,” he wrote. “There’s no way Demi saw my tweet, that means someone from your team is reaching out to them, using them to defend you. Fight your own battles.”

Cher. Took to Twitter to announce she’s standing with Swift. “Unfortunately can relate,” she wrote.

Other celebrities who have voiced their support for Swift. Alessia Cara, HRVY, Iggy Azalea, Jack Antonoff, Sky Ferreira, Allie X, Diana Silvers, Heidi Montag, HAIM, Martha Hunt, Joseph Kahn, Mamrie Hart, Mandy Teefey, Daya, Iris Apatow, Iza, Sara Sampaio, and Gretchen Peters.

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