When it comes to social media we have two celebrities who are warning fans that it’s completely unhealthy for the mind, spirit, and person.
If you ask Russell Brand, he is urging fans to beware of social media addiction. On the flip side of things, Arianna Grande’s ex-fiance Pete Davidson feels that social media is one of the unhappiest places to be.
Read on to see what both Russell Brand and SNL comedian Pete Davidson have to say about this ongoing problem with society constantly being wired in…
CelebNMusic247.com reports that the “Get Him To The Greek” star Russell Brand feels as though users seek to find validation and ”love that feels like connection” through social media.
Russell Brand wants people to know that what they are seeking for online cannot be found on social media.
The 43-year-old comic worries that users go online to seek validation is a false sense of security.
Russell said:
My belief is that all forms of addiction are if not the same, comparable in that they ultimately try to access the same dopamine hit that feels like love that feels like connection. If you’re looking at too much social media, start being a bit aware of it. Don’t you have that thing on your phone that tells you, ‘You look at this thing three hours a day’ Don’t you feel a bit sick when you read that?
He adds:
I feel like the impulse that is being fulfilled by looking at social media could be fulfilled through genuine human connections. Russel has been open about his own addiction struggles – went on to offer viewers a method of cultivating their relationships and personal ability to selflessly care for another individual simply through phoning someone ”you care about” each day.
Brand concludes:
This is a really good technique, basically, try to everyday call someone up you care about and ask if they’re OK and watch how quickly the conversation migrates back to you. It’s good to build into your life people that you can’t get anything from and that you can only care for because it cultivates that aspect of yourself and that aspect of yourself is difficult to taint with commodified relationships, such as we experience in the virtual online world. Cultivate your kindness, cultivate your compassion, it’s the only way that you will ever be free.
Stop being wired in all the time, it’s unhealthy.
Meanwhile, Pete Davidson admits the internet doesn’t make him “very happy.”
The ‘Saturday Night Live’ star who recently deleted his Instagram account after sharing a worrying post in December believes social media is the unhappiest place on earth.
Davidson, who has had friends, family and fans worried about his well being said:
Just don’t go online. It doesn’t make me very happy. Even if it’s not about me, it’s random s**t like, ‘Trump farts.’ I’m not a fan of it.
Pete is currently in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival promoting his movie ‘Big Time Adolescence.’ He admitted it was nice to be in the state for a different reason finally.
He told Variety:
I love Park City, Utah, because the last time I was here, I was in rehab. It’s nice to be on the other side of it.
He spoke on his time filming in Syracuse, New York, last summer while Pete was on hiatus from ‘SNL’ stating he didn’t have a great time as he felt he was constantly being “hunted down.”
Pete said:
It sucked. The whole town of Syracuse blows. Let’s be honest, they just found out I was there and tried to arrest me the whole time. The cops, because there’s nothing going on there, they were hunting me down the whole time. They tried to arrest me for bringing business to your town. Never again, Syracuse.
