18 celebrities who have quit social media and why they did it

Most celebrities who quit have since returned to social media. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV,Taylor Hill/Getty Images,Gotham/Getty Images A lot of people give up social media or even delete their accounts, including celebrities. Lizzo left Twitter in 2020 because she’s sick of “trolls” but she came back in 2021.

  Millie Bobby Brown deleted her social media because of a hurtful meme and hateful, creepy messages.   In 2018, Millie Bobby Brown left Twitter after becoming a homophobic meme. The meme was homophobic.

Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for InStyleIn 2018, the “Stranger Things” actress deleted her Twitter account after she became the subject of a bizarre and homophobic Twitter trend that paired innocuous photos of her with homophobic captions. Although some people who have used the meme claim it was meant to be satirical and that the meme creators were all themselves LGBT+, Brown deleted her Twitter in June 2018.  She later created a Twitter account called @Milliestopshate with a message to spread love and positivity and end bullying.

She has not posted on it since 2019.  She told Allure in 2022 that she also deleted her TikTok account, partially due to hateful and inappropriate messages from adult men.  Lizzo left Twitter in 2020 and returned in 2021.

Lizzo announced her departure in January 2020. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for MTVIn January 2020, the musician tweeted that she was leaving because Twitter has “too many trolls. ” Notably, the musician has a history of responding to her haters on the platform.

 She said she will be back on Twitter “when she feels like it. ” In August 2021, she returned around the time of the release of her “Rumors” single with Cardi B. When she came back, she responded to her initial tweet with, “Hey y’all.

. heard I was trending so I decided to come back on here. .

what I miss?” and the eyeballs emoji.  Miley Cyrus removed all of her Instagram photos in 2018. Miley Cyrus has since returned.

Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesIn July 2018, Cyrus unexpectedly cleared out all of her social-media channels. Many thought it was in preparation for a new surprise album — but a source close to the singer told Entertainment Tonight in 2018 that there was nothing nefarious or exciting behind the social-media purge, she just wanted a break. “When Miley removed all the photos from her Instagram, she knew everyone would wonder why,” a source told ET.

“But her decision to do it wasn’t earth-shattering. Miley says she simply likes to change things up! She is taking a long needed break and she feels it’s healthy. “She has since been actively posting on the platform.

In 2018, Pete Davidson deleted his Instagram after people voiced negative opinions about his whirlwind romance and engagement to Ariana Grande. Pete Davidson was very open about his reasons for leaving social media. Alberto E.

Rodriguez/Getty ImagesIn 2018, after a whirlwind romance and engagement to Ariana Grande, “Saturday Night Live” star Davidson deleted his Instagram account. Although Davidson and Grande later split, the comedian explained that he actually ditched Instagram because he couldn’t handle the negative comments he received from angry fans. “No there’s nothing wrong,” he wrote on Instagram before deleting it.

“No nothing happened. No there’s nothing cryptic about anything. I just don’t wanna be on Instagram anymore.

Or on any social media platform. The internet is an evil place and it doesn’t make me feel good. “The comedian later returned to Instagram but does not seem to currently have an account.

 In 2018, Kelly Marie Tran left Instagram after dealing with online harassment. Kelly Marie Tran has yet to publicly post again. Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesKelly Marie Tran, who played Rose Tico in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” deleted all her Instagram photos in June 2018 after months of harassment from racist “Star Wars” fans.

Her account has been reinstated, but it currently has zero posts. In 2018, Cardi B deleted Instagram shortly after a feud. It’s one way to end a fight.

Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesCardi B deleted her Instagram for one week in May 2018 after getting into a public feud with fellow rapper Azealia Banks. Azealia accused Cardi of being a “caricature of a black woman,” but Cardi defended her authenticity and the two went back and forth online for a bit until Cardi ended it all by deleting her account. She has since re-joined Instagram and has over 140 million followers.

Blake Lively once briefly deleted her social media to promote a film. It was a way to tease her new film. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/GettyIn 2018, Lively suspiciously wiped all her Instagram photos from the social-media site and unfollowed everyone, including her husband Ryan Reynolds.

Some feared for the worst, but it turned out that it was just a clever promotional tool. She returned to the app with a cryptic message about a woman named “Emily” — tease for her film “A Simple Favor,” which is about the disappearance of a woman named Emily. Kanye West — also known as Ye — has a history of deactivating and reactivating his social-media accounts.

Kanye West has usually returned to his accounts after leaving. Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesYe famously quit social media years ago, then in February 2018 he reactivated his Instagram for Valentine’s Day, posted several photos of iconic celebrity couples, and then deleted his account again. A few months later he started tweeting again, thus giving us a laundry list of now-infamous tweets.

Meghan Markle deleted her social media before joining the royal family. Meghan Markle used to run a lifestyle blog, too. WPA Pool/Getty ImagesBefore she was the Duchess of Sussex, Markle was a big Instagram fan and even had a lifestyle blog — The Tig.

But after announcing her engagement to Prince Harry she deleted her entire social presence. Markle and Prince Harry now share a more official Instagram account — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.  Armie Hammer once seemed to quit Twitter because of negative press.

Armie Hammer returned to Twitter less than a year later. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesThe actor quit Twitter in November 2017 after BuzzFeed wrote a cheeky article about his slow rise in Hollywood. The “Call Me By Your Name” star did not appreciate the piece and retweeted the article with his own caption, “Bitter af.

“He was attacked for his criticism of the article, so he deleted his Twitter account. He later told The Wrap, “I just have no impulse control. So if somebody says something stupid, I couldn’t help but say something back, and then it just exploded.

This is a toxic environment, and my life is way better off. “He seemingly returned to Twitter in January 2018, though his account is not verified.  In 2017, Taylor Swift used her internet disappearance to promote a new album.

Taylor Swift’s disappearance fit the album’s theme. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTVSwift famously wiped all her social-media channels in the summer of 2017, but it was all just a big marketing ploy to promote her then-forthcoming “Reputation” album. She deleted all her posts but kept her social handles and then repopulated her account with her now-infamous snake iconography.

 Selena Gomez deleted her Instagram after she was targeted by hackers. She has said she deletes the app at least once a week. Sean Zanni/Getty ImagesGomez deleted her Instagram in 2017 after hackers got into her account and shared nude photos of her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber.

After her account was restored she reactivated her social-media account, but since then the performer has said she made it a habit to delete the Instagram app from her phone once a week for mental health reasons. “I delete the app from my phone at least once a week,” she told The New York Times in 2017. “You can’t avoid it sometimes [reading hurtful remarks].

You fixate on the [negative] ones. They’re not like, ‘You’re ugly. ‘ It’s like they want to cut to your soul.

Imagine all the insecurities that you already feel about yourself and having someone write a paragraph pointing out every little thing — even if it’s just physical. “She is currently active on the app and has over 342 million followers.  Kendall Jenner once did an Instagram detox for a week.

Kendall Jenner said she felt too dependent on the app. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesJenner did a one week Instagram detox at the end of 2017 and told Ellen DeGeneres, “I just wanted a little bit of a break. I would wake up in the morning and look at it first thing, I would go to bed and it would be the last thing I looked at.

I felt a little too dependent on it so I wanted to take a minute. “Justin Bieber left Instagram because some fans were leaving negative messages about his then-partner. Justin Bieber came back to Instagram.

Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty ImagesBieber deactivated his Instagram account over the summer of 2016 because fans were leaving hateful comments directed at his then-girlfriend Sofia Richie.  Bieber didn’t resurface on Instagram again until February 2017. In 2019, politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she gave up Facebook.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is active online. Jack Plunkett/APDuring an April 2019 episode of the Yahoo News podcast “Skullduggery,” the US representative and native New Yorker said she gave up Facebook and limits her time on Instagram and Twitter. “I personally gave up Facebook, which was kind of a big deal because I started my campaign on Facebook and Facebook was my primary digital organizing tool for a very long time,” Ocasio-Cortez said on the podcast.

“I gave up on it. We still sort of have accounts on it. ” She went on to explain that she feels “social media poses a public health risk to everybody,” and it can increase things such as depression, anxiety, and addiction.

Daisy Ridley deleted Instagram after posting a photo in support of gun control. Daisy Ridley has said she has no plans to return. Jeff Spicer/Getty ImagesThe “Star Wars” actress deleted her Instagram in 2016 after receiving backlash for posting a photo in support of gun control.

She has said she probably never will return to Instagram.  “It’s not good for me, personally. I’m just not equipped for it.

I’m super sensitive— not too sensitive— but I really feel things,” she told Glamour in December 2017. In April 2022, the actress returned to Instagram with a photo of her wearing laser-style glasses and sipping tea. She captioned it, “Coming out of social media hibernation refreshed, recharged, and ready for what I’m calling my “Year of Yes”.

(And that’s the tea. )”Iggy Azalea left for a few months because she was being body shamed. Iggy Azalea has also quit music and come back.

Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesThe rapper ditched Twitter for a few months in early 2015 after body shamers flooded her mentions with comments about her bikini body. “Just got back from a great vacation, came online and saw apparently it’s shocking and unheard of to be a woman and have cellulite,” she tweeted before going off the social media site. She has since returned and has over 7 million followers.

 Ed Sheeran is once again taking a break from work and social media. Ed Sheeran has quit social media before. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for BillboardIn December 2015, Sheeran took a break from both social media and work.

He announced her sabbatical on Instagram writing: “I’ve had such an amazing ride over the last five years but I find myself seeing the world through a screen and not my eyes so I’m taking this opportunity of me not having to be anywhere or do anything to travel the world and see everything I missed. “He later returned and is back to Instagramming — his cats even have an Instagram account now. But in December 2019, he posted on Instagram once again that he was going to “go on another break.

” Again, he has since returned.   Read the original article on Insider.