Billie Eilishhas quit reading Instagram, period.
Eilish has been forced to adapt her social media use because of the treatment she’s received since becoming theyoungest person everto win the four main categories at the Grammys (shewon fivetotal).
“It’s way worse than it’s ever been right now,” she told BBC reporter Louise Minchin ahead of her appearance at the BRIT Awards in London, where shedebuted the new James Bond theme“No Time to Die”for the first time ever live.
“It’s weird: the cooler the things you get to do are the more people hate you. It’s crazy.”
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Eilish, continues “It’s a bunch of trolls. And the problem is a lot of it is really funny. I think that’s the issue. That’s why nobody really stops: because it’s funny.
“Also, I would say it’s anything for a joke. Say anything to make somebody laugh. I experienced that growing up: I’d say things that I thought people would laugh at and then later I would realize that wasn’t a cool thing to say.”
This isn’t the first time that Eilish has spoken out about the dangers of social media — in January, she asked people to stopdressing up and pretending to be herin public places like malls and city streets. She then shared screengrabs of various prank videos where YouTubers film themselves dressing up in her signature style — including her green roots, oversized clothes and sunglasses — in order to trick people into thinking they are Eilish.
“Please stop doing this s—,” the Grammy winner wrote. “It is not safe for you and it is mean to the people who don’t know any better. You make me look bad.”
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“Let her do her thing and if she ever needs me, I’m gonna be here for her,” Bieber toldNew Music Daily‘s Zane Lowe on Beats 1 over the weekend. “I don’t want her to lose it. I don’t want her to go through anything I went through. I don’t wish that upon anybody. If she ever needs me, I’m just a call away.”
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By the looks of things, Eilish has taken heed of his advice.
She added, “I still try to ‘like’ fan posts or whatever and especially if I see fans anywhere, I just want to talk to them and be around them because they’re people. They’re me. They’re me. They’re like other mes. And so, they’re like friends of mine but, yeah, the Internet is ruining my life. So, I turned it off.”
source: people.com
