Spider-Man star Tom Holland recently revealed that he had to take a break from Instagram after becoming too focused on what fans were saying about him.
In a recent interview with E! News ahead of his new film Onward, Spider-Man star Tom Holland explained that he needed to take a break from Instagram because he was becoming too obsessed about how many likes his pictures were getting and what fans were saying about him. The Spider-Man star also revealed that he was more focused on how his life looked on Instagram instead of how it really was.
“I don’t have Instagram right now. I just had to get away from it and take a break.It was taking over my life, and I was becoming obsessed by it. Like, ‘How many likes did I get?’ and ‘What did people say about my picture?’ and who’s doing this and who’s doing that. I found myself focusing more on my Instagram life than I was on my real life.”
Tom Holland went on to explain that taking a step back from the social media app has allowed him to focus more on himself instead of focusing on Instagram. The Spider-Man star mentioned that social media can be a distraction from addressing other problems in life. Tom Holland explained that by taking a social media break, it can give people the chance to be happier. Take a look at Tom Holland explaining more about leaving Instagram below.
“And now that I’ve taken a step back and I’ve started to focus on Tom and the future of what Tom is gonna be, I have—I’m talking about myself in the third person, I sound like such a dick, but you know what I mean. I’m just working on myself, and I feel really great for it. I think you use it as a distraction to distract yourself from things you don’t want to face in life, so when you step up and face them, you can get over them and you become happier.”
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Tom Holland’s third Spider-Man is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 21st of 2021. In the meantime, fan re-watch Tom Holland’s most recent appearance as the web-slinger in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.
Directed by Jon Watts from a script written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, Spider-Man: Far From Home stars Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, Numan Acar, J.B. Smoove, Oli Hill, Remy Hii, Marisa Tomei, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Cobie Smulders, and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
Spider-Man: Far From Home is now available on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-Ray, and DVD.
Source: E! News
