Tina O'Brien has quit Instagram to give herself "a cleansing break".
Tina O'Brien
The 'Coronation Street' actress - who starred as Sarah Platt on the cobbles from 1999 to 2007, before reprising the role in 2015 - has hit out at the way social media leads people to compare themselves to "highlight reels" and "filtered" realities.
In a lengthy post, she wrote: "Goodbye you wonderful Instagram using humans and my lovely friends.
"I'm taking a break from social media, I'm sure it won't be forever but I need a cleansing break.
"I don't want to scroll through peoples highlight reels and compare myself unfavourably. Wonder do I need to post something to validate who I am and what I stand for? Give everyone a filtered version of my best bits (I feel a bit of a fraud) (sic)"
The 36-year-old soap star admitted even taking to the social media platform to announce she's stepping away feels "absolutely ludicrous".
She continued: "I'm so much more than the image I portray, warts n all. On social media I tend to be what I think people want to see a filtered version of my life...
"Even writing this down seems absolutely ludicrous, What am I playing at? [crying laughing emoji] I'm detoxing from this toxic relationship, Goodbye insta, See you all in the real world (sic)"
Alongside her post, Tina shared a quote focusing on the "true importance" of connecting with other people away from technology.
The image read: "In a world of algorithms and hashtags and followers, know the true importance of human connection."
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