Social media can be a great help for celebs who want to connect with fans and promote
their upcoming projects.
But too much of a good thing can quickly turn sour.
Here are the real reasons a few of your favorite stars quit social media.
Shortly after the 2017 London premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Kelly Marie Tran
reflected on her role as engineer Rose Tico, which had made her the first Asian actress
to join the galaxy far, far away.
She told Variety:
However, by July 2018, Tran had deleted all the posts off her Instagram account, after
facing months of racist and sexist online harassment.
In an op-ed in The New York Times that August, Tran broke her silence on her decision to
delete the app.
She explained:
She ended the piece on an empowering note, saying:
Actor Armie Hammer deleted his Twitter account in November 2017, after a scathing article
published by BuzzFeed claimed his career had taken off because of the star’s privilege
as a white male.
He tweeted:
A day later, he deleted his account.
Hammer later spoke to TheWrap about his response.
"Yeah, I just have no impulse control.
So, if somebody says something stupid, I couldn't help myself but say something back, and then
it just, like, exploded, and then I was just like…"
He went on to explain why he had then left Twitter in the aftermath.
"I’m over it.
This is a toxic environment, and my life is way better off."
On January 26th 2018, Hammer cheekily returned to the social media platform with a simple
tweet:
Back in August 2016, Justin Bieber was spending a lot of time with Lionel Richie's daughter
Sofia Richie.
While the pair never confirmed that they had entered a romantic relationship, Richie made
several appearances on Bieber's Instagram, which led to a slew of negative comments in
her direction.
They allegedly became so vicious that the pop star issued a threat to his fans.
He wrote:
The drama took a turn when ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez jumped into the comment fray, criticizing
Bieber for sharing photos of his girlfriend and suggesting that their love should remain
private.
Bieber responded:
He then promptly deleted his Instagram account.
During a November 2016 show in London, Bieber appeared to still be anti-Instagram, describing
it as "for the devil" and "hell."
However, luckily for his fans, and for T-Mobile, he reactivated his account the following February,
just in time to promote his Super Bowl commercial for the mobile service.
Ghostbusters may have been arguably the "most polarizing movie" of 2016, but some of the
criticism of Paul Feig’s remake went far beyond common decency.
Immediately following the trailer's release, Leslie Jones became the target of racist online
attacks that forced the comedian to quit Twitter.
She tweeted:
Twitter wound up permanently banning right-wing personality and former Breitbart.com tech
editor Milo Yiannopoulos for leading the charge against Jones.
"Oh, you gonna get it now."
Nonetheless, on July 21st 2016, Jones returned to Twitter, acting like her usual hilarious
self.
She tweeted:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi star Daisy Ridley deleted her Instagram account in 2016 after
she received online backlash for posting a message in support of victims affected by
gun violence, shortly after that year’s Teen Choice Awards.
She wrote:
Unfortunately, the comments section quickly turned into what Vanity Fair called a "flaming
quagmire."
Ridley deleted all of her social media accounts shortly thereafter.
In an interview with Glamour published in December 2017, Ridley explained why she left
social media.
She said:
She added that she's not emotionally "equipped" for social media and that it's simply "not
good" for her.
And don’t count on her ever returning.
In 2017, she told the Radio Times:
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