Scarlett Johansson is one of the biggest actresses in Hollywood, she made her debut at the early age of nine as John Ritter’s daughter in the fantasy comedy North in 1994. Throughout her career, the actress has delivered countless outstanding performances which range in different genres, that is from romantic dramas to action movies, and her role as Black Widow in MCU remains to be one of the most iconic roles in her career. As a result, she has earned a massive fan following from fans all over the globe.
In a digital age where fans would like to connect to their favorite actors on social media, many actors like to limit their presence on social media platforms. One of them is Scarlett Johansson, who prefers to remain far away from social media. And recently, the Black Widow actress shared the reason, she prefers to be away from social media.
Scarlett Johansson Gets Anxious From Using Social Media
Recently, The Avengers actress was present on the Goop podcast by Gwyneth Paltrow, where she sat down with her Iron Man 2 co-star and talked about a plethora of things, one of them being why the Lucy actress is not on social media. The host asked Johansson why she “doesn’t do Instagram?” To which the Don Jon actress shared that she “protects” herself by avoiding social media, as she is “too sensitive.”
“I just feel that it’s fundamentally not me. I have to protect myself. I’m too sensitive.”
Scarlett Johansson gave a more detailed explanation when she was on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her podcast prior before chatting with Paltrow on the Goop podcast. The Nanny Diaries actress said her “ego is too fragile” which does not allow her to be on social media and using social media would give her anxiety.
“My ego is too fragile. I can’t deal with it. My brain is too fragile, I’m like a delicate flower. I have enough anxiety.”
She explained how she used Instagram for only three days, and how using the app wasted her time and fed her unnecessary information.
“When I started realizing that I’d spent 20 minutes looking at somebody’s Instagram page who worked for a friend of mine — I now know you have a pit bull, two daughters, and live in Burbank — I was like, I just wasted 17 minutes of time. I now feel like I should move to California, get this specific dog and change my life in all these ways.”
She continued that she felt that she is missing so much, and this was something that she can not do for a long time.
“I felt so bad, like I was missing out on this random person’s life. I can’t do this. I’m too fragile; I have so much anxiety about other things.”
While the actress is too fragile to be on Instagram, she admitted that she does enjoy Tiktok for The Outset, her skincare brand, and she loves to create content for that social media platform.
Scarlett Johansson Enjoys Using TikTok
In the same episode of The Skinny Confidential Him & Her podcast, the Sing actress stated how much she loved using TikTok, and she enjoys making unique and engaging content for her brand on the platform, and she enjoys reading reviews left by consumers of her brand.
“[TikTok is] definitely fun. Every time I see it in our office, I then become like a three-year-old with her mom’s phone where I get completely absorbed into it. So, that’s how I know I can’t have it.”
While many stars are sketchy about having a social media platform especially on Instagram, sooner or later they would join the platform. This was seen in the case of Matthew Perry, who broke the platform when he announced that after so many years he has decided to make an account on Instagram. So fans of the actress should wait patiently as they might see her on the platform in the near future.
Source: Goop Podcast
