Scarlett Johansson says her 'ego is too fragile' to be on social media: 'I'm like a delicate flower'
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Scarlett Johansson explained why she doesn't have an Instagram account — not even a secret one.
She said on "The Skinny Confidential Him & Her" podcast that she's "too fragile" to use the app.
She explained that she has "enough anxiety" without Instagram but also considers it a waste of time.
Don't expect to see Scarlett Johansson signing up to Instagram any time soon.
Speaking on "The Skinny Confidential Him & Her" podcast on Monday, the 38-year-old actor said that she is "too fragile a person to have social media" and so avoids it at all costs.
The "Black Widow" star said that while she does have social media accounts for her skincare brand, The Outset, she doesn't have a personal account, not even a Finsta (that's a secret Instagram account, something celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston and Prince Harry have admitted to using in the past).
Asked why she chooses to avoid the app, Johansson said: "I can't. My ego is too fragile. My brain is too fragile. I'm like a delicate flower."
The star added that she has "enough anxiety" without social media, but also said that in her experience, it's a waste of time.
"I had Instagram once for three days and when I started realizing that I'd spent 20 minutes looking at somebody's Instagram page who worked for a friend of mine," she said. "I now know you have a pit bull and two daughters and you live in, like, Burbank."
"I was like, what? I just wasted 17 minutes of time," she continued. "I now feel like I should move to California, get this specific dog, and change my life in all these ways."
"I felt so bad, like I was missing out on this random person's life," Johansson explained. "I was like, I can't do this."
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Johansson added that while she sometimes logs into her company's account on Instagram, she's not sure she's "using it properly" as she "can't get updated information."
However, the "Ghost in the Shell" actor said she's not completely opposed to jumping on a TikTok trend for The Outset and said she enjoys making "terrible videos" with her cofounder, Kate Foster.
"We're both so bad at it, but it's fun," she said. "I like to read customer reviews and perform them for people on TikTok."
Speaking about the video-sharing app's addictive nature, Johansson said that even she can't resist scrolling the For You Page a little bit.
"Everytime I see it in the office, I then become like a 3-year old with their mom's phone where I get completely absorbed into it. So, that's why I know I can't have it," she concluded.
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