"After a mishap with a Dan Fan, Dan's father, Alan Radcliffe responded with a letter to Dan's fans. Which he sent to DanRadcliffe.Com and DanRadcliffe.Co.Uk. I urge all of you Harry Potter Fans not to believe anyone who tells you that they are any of the Stars. Whether it be through chat or e-mail(Unless a site is having one of the stars come and chat). If you have a problem with someone like this on our chat please contact one of the IRCops. Please click here to read the letter.
After posting the letter from Mr. Radcliffe yesterday, there have been many concerning comments made by fans regarding the young girl and her mother on various websites. This letter was posted for everyone to read in order to make everyone understand the dangers of trusting people whom you chat with online. There are many people (girls and boys) that think it is fun to impersonate Daniel; however, in the incident we posted yesterday I think it is clear how dangerous it can in fact be. Had this person communicating with this girl been someone dangerous, she and her mother could have very well been in mortal danger.
The Radcliffes chose to share this with the fans not because they were angry, but because they are genuinely concerned for the well being of other fans. They do not want this to happen to anyone else, and they understandably wanted people to be aware that Daniel does not communicate with his fans online under any circumstances for this very reason. There can be no exceptions. Please understand, this girl and her mother were convincingly deceived, and it is not fair for anyone to judge them. Mr. Radcliffe sent in this letter regarding the matter :
"Dear Jenna and Page
Thank you for responding so promptly to my request yesterday.
I have however, sadly noted some of the comments being made on various websites about the girl and her mother and I feel I must set the record straight as these comments are very unfair. The girl and her mother were extremely polite at all times and having seen some of the correspondence sent by the person claiming to be Daniel, he/she did seem very plausible and I can understand how over a period of time both the girl and her mother did believe they were genuinely communicating with Daniel. The poor girl became upset and distressed but we were sympathetic to her situation and my wife and I never felt threatened or frightened at any time. She did not meet Dan as he was at school at the time. I would also like to say that we live in a very safe and private area surrounded by fantastic neighbours and have no intention of moving. The point of our message was to make sure that none of Dan's fans are ever tricked in this way again. We would like people to remember that occasionally, we all make mistakes and trust the wrong people and we do understand that there are an awful lot of people out there pretending to be Dan.
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Godrics Hollow.netSo if anyone writes to you and says he/she is Dan, don't listen. :nod: