Celebrities who have had enough struggling with social media pressures

Many celebrities have shared their struggles with social media and feeling pressured a perfect image online and this can lead to stress, anxiety and feelings of lack as they have faced hard criticism, bullying and threats, negatively impacting their mental health and wellbeing.

By speaking, out Hollywood celebrities have raised awareness about the importance of self-care and kindness online, sharing their experiences with online hate, body shaming and the need for validation.

Here's 9 stars who have struggled with the pressures of social media or quit it:

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez has the most Instagram followers ever but she says seeing others’ perfect posts made her feel bad about her own life.

The Only Murders in the Building actress told Vogue Magazine, “As soon as I became the most followed person on Instagram, I sort of freaked out.”

She added, “It had become so consuming to me as it’s what I woke up to and went to sleep to. I was an addict and it felt like I was seeing things I did not want to see, like it was putting things in my head that I did not want to care about. I always end feeling like s**t when I look at Instagram. Which is why I am kind of under the radar, ghosting it a bit.”

The Calm Down singer revealed during an interview with Business of Fashion that she was worried that people are becoming too disconnected from real-life relationships due to social media as the Grammy winner also thinks that social media can be great for staying connected and learning but sometimes there is just too much information.

Normani Kordei

In August 2016, Fifth Harmony’s Normani Kordei quit X (twitter) after racist cyber bullying from 5H fans about her relationship with bandmate.

The Candy Paint songstress wrote on X, “I have been racially cyberbullied with tweets and pictures so horrific and racially charged that I cannot subject myself any longer to the hate.”

Normani added that, racist comments online do not make you cool as they make you coward.

She concluded by saying, many black celebrities including her have faced this and it is not going to stop until people learn to be kind and respectful online.

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe, the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire star, always kept his life private that’s why he does not use any social media platforms.

The 36-year-old told Sky News in 2013, “I don’t have Twitter and I don’t have Facebook and I think that makes things a lot easier.”

“If you go on Twitter and tell everybody what you are doing moment to moment and then claim you want a private, then no one is going to take that request seriously.”

Justin Bieber

In 2016, Justin Bieber quit Instagram when fans were bullying his then girlfriend Sofia Ritchie while they were dating.

“I am gonna make my Instagram private if you guys don’t stop the hate this is getting out of hand,” the Baby singer wrote on Instagram at the time.

Justin has also talked about the pressures of social media. With millions of followers the father-of-one has under constant scrutiny as every move the STAY crooner makes is watched and criticised.

He has spoken about feeling overwhelmed and struggling with the stress of maintaining a perfect online image.

The Grammy winner also opened up about taking breaks from social media to focus on his mental health and wellbeing.

Justin Bieber encouraged his fans to do the same, promoting self-care and kindness online.

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham has a complicated relationship with social media and despite facing harsh online abuse but she remains active on platform like Twitter and Instagram.

The Girls star posted a posted that sparked negative comments on social media. she also spoke out about the online abuse Lena faced in 2015 podcast, sharing her experience with harsh criticism.

Lena said, “It turned into the most rabid, disgusting debate about women’s bodies and my Instagram page was somehow the hub for misogynists for the afternoon.”

“I really appreciate anybody follows me at all, so I did not want to cut off my relationship to twitter but it really was not a safe space for me,” the Tiny Furniture added.