Here’s Why You Won’t Ever Catch Cate Blanchett Snapping A Selfie
The actress has no place for selfies or social media in her life. [Photo: Getty]
Dolce & Gabanna’s SS16 fashion show was filled with selfie-taking models and snapping a photo of oneself is a hugely common part of popular culture today, yet it’s a trend that actress Cate Blanchett refuses to get involved with.
The Hollywood star doesn’t have an Instagram account, nor is she on Twitter, and she’s never likely to embrace the rise of social media sites as she admits she “can’t handle” the current selfie culture.
“I cannot for the life of me work out why adults are participating in that s***,” she told Yahoo Beauty.
“I just can’t handle it. Of course you want people to go see the films that you make, of course you want them to enjoy them. But I’m not out there saying, ‘Do they like the way I look? Do they like that look on the red carpet?’ You have to say, ‘This is what I’m doing right now’.”
Poor Dennis Quaid - we wonder if he knows how much Blanchett hates selfies? [Photo: Getty]
Blanchett’s comments come as it’s revealed some US teens are snapping a jaw-dropping 200 selfies, and others admitted that they would rather not eat for a week than have their phone taken away.
And is it surprising when their celebrity icons seem to spend their life pouting for selfies? Kim Kardashian even published a book of her ultimate selfies, for goodness sake.
Kardashian is the queen of selfies. [Photo: Getty]
She even snapped a selfie on stage with Ant and Dec at the Brit Awards earlier this year. [Photo: Getty]
The stats have been revealed as part of CNN’s “#Being 13: Inside the Secret World of Teens” study, which looked into the social media habits of 200 typical American teens.
The researchers were shocked to discover just how much teens use their social media accounts, with some checking their profiles over 100 times a day.
But it wasn’t just the frequency that was alarming, but how often sexual content emerges and profanity is used. Sadly, the researchers also discovered numerous bullying posts (Go die. Stop trying to be popular. Holy s**t you’re ugly). Remember, these kids analysed are just 13 years old.
Cara Delevignge was photographed taking a selfie at the Burberry London Fashion Week show last month. [Photo: Getty]
And adults are no better. Millennials will take more than 25,000 pictures of themselves during their lifetime and a whopping 95 per cent of adults admitted they’ve take at least one selfie, stats from a Luster Premium White study found.
“Even a brief glance at a Facebook page, a Twitter feed or Instagram account confirms that millennials are dedicated to chronicling their lives with selfies, and they especially enjoy sharing them with their network of acquaintances,” the company’s CEO and cofounder, Damon Brown, said in a statement. “If you don’t take a selfie during your vacation or while celebrating a special day, it is almost as if it never happened.”
These figures may sound shocking, but high numbers like these are becoming more and more common. Early this year, beauty site FeelUnique reported that the average 16 to 25-year-old woman spends 16 minutes taking an average of three selfies per day, or five hours a week.
When did we become so obsessed with ourselves?
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