Rupert Grint insists he’s single — but admits he’d “like” to find himself a girlfriend.

The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince star recently attended the V Festival in the UK and confessed he’s looking for love.

“I’m here [at V] with a mate as I’m still single,” he said. “All my mates are loved-up — I’d like a girlfriend. Perhaps I’ll meet someone here this weekend.”

Rupert, 21, recently revealed that he’s never been in love.

“I’ve never been seriously involved with anyone,” he said.

“I’ve certainly never been in love. I’ve always preferred to keep things casual. I don’t feel the need to have a girlfriend.

“I tend not to go for the very pretty girls.

“I prefer the quirkier types, the ones who are a little weird.”

Poor old Rupert Grint: he’s never been in love!

The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince star says he has never had a long-term relationship.

But the 20-year-old actor says he’s keen to enjoy his freedom for as long as possible.

“I’ve never been seriously involved with anyone,” Grint said.

“I’ve certainly never been in love. I’ve always preferred to keep things casual. I don’t feel the need to have a girlfriend.”

His perfect woman? “I tend not to go for the very pretty ones,” he dished.

“I prefer the quirkier types, the ones who are a little weird.”

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson stepped out in New York Thursday for the New York City premiere of their eagerly-awaited new movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Speaking to reporters at the event, Radcliffe joked about Grint’s recent battle with swine flu. “He’s fine, he’s fine. He was probably faking it, old sick note,” Radcliffe said.  “He’ll be back filming on Monday. And if he not I’ll have to kick him out of bed.” (continue)

Rupert Grint has recovered from the swine flu — but admits the whole experience made him fear for his life.

“It was quite scary when I first found out I had swine flu,” the 20-year-old actor told reporters at a press conference for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in London. “I thought, ‘Am I going to die?’

“But it was just like any other flu, really.”

The actor suffered from a sore throat after catching the virus while filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but no production days were lost, his rep said.

“Other scenes were shot in his absence which did not requite his involvement and this filming was not disrupted,” the publicist said.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which also stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, hits movie theaters July 15.

Rupert Grint says he has “no idea” what to do with all the money he has made from his film career.

“It’s taken me years to get used to being recognized in the street,” the Harry Potter star told Britain’s FHM magazine.

The 20-year-old also spoke of the “terrifying” moment he saw his picture being burned by religious fanatics.

“The most terrifying, though, was when I saw a picture in a newspaper of a book-burning in America’s Bible Belt.

“And there was a picture of my face smouldering on top of the pyre because they thought the Harry Potter films were endorsing witchcraft. That was when it hit me how big this thing had become.”

Grint says he doesn’t Google himself because he would “find the results too uncomfortable”.

“A lot of people think there’s something going on (between me and Emma Watson) because I have to kiss her on film soon,” he added.

The new Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is to hit theaters on Wednesday, July 15 –  two days earlier than its previous release date, Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman said Tuesday.

It has previously been reported that that the new trailer for Half-Blood Prince will be available on Thursday, April 16. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. [Movie Web]