Daniel Radcliffe explains why he won't join Twitter, Instagram

On Thursday, Daniel Radcliffe opened up about his aversion to social media on "First We Feasts' Hot Ones." CELEBRITIESDanielRadcliffeexplainswhyhewon'tjoinTwitter,InstagramJennaRyuUSATODAYSorry,"HarryPotter"fans.Youwon'tbeseeingDanielRadcliffeonTwitteranytimesoon.Radcliffe,whodoesn'thavesocialmedia,openedupaboutwhyhechoosestostayoffappssuchasInstagramandTwitterwhilespeakingonthe"FirstWeFeasts' HotOnes" onThursday."Iwouldlovetosaythere'ssomesortofintellectual,well-thought-outreasonforthis,becauseIconsideredgettingaTwitter,andI100percentknowthatifIdid,youallwouldbewakinguptostoriesoflike,'DanRadcliffegetsintofightwithrandompersononTwitter,'"hesaid.'Only10yearslate':RupertGrintjoinsInstagramandrevealsdaughter'snameMovies:DanielRadcliffeon'MiracleWorkers:DarkAges,'his'weird'careerafter'HarryPotter'Radcliffeadmittedthatwhenhewasyounger,heusedto"lookupcommentsaboutmyselfontheinternetandread(expletive),"callinghispastbehavior an"insaneandbadthingtodo.""Tome,likeTwitterandeverythingjustsortoffeelslikeanextensionofthat.UnlessI'mgoingtogoontojustreadallnicethingsaboutmyself,whichalsofeelslikeanotherkindofunhealthythingtodo."Headded,"Otherthanthat,Idon'thonestlythinkI'mmentallystrongenough,butrightnowIthinkI'mallrightwiththat."DanielRadcliffe:saysheusedalcoholtomanagetheunmagicalbitsof'HarryPotter'fameIn2019,the"HarryPotter"actor,whocatapultedintofameasapre-teen,revealedthatheusedalcoholtocopewiththe challengesaccompanying childstardom."Thequickestwayofforgettingaboutthefactthatyouwerebeingwatchedwastogetverydrunk,"hesaidduringaninterviewwith"OffCamerawithSamJones.""Thenasyougetverydrunk,youbecomeawarethat,'Oh,peoplearewatchingmorenowbecausenowI'mgettingverydrunk,soIshouldprobablydrinkmoretoignorethatmore.'"Radcliffeaddedthatthere's"noblueprintforstartingyoungandworkingstuffout,"expressingempathytofellowchildstarssuchasJustinBieberwhofacethepressureofgrowingupinthepubliceye. Music:JustinBieberdetailsthedarksideofchildstardomin'Lonely'videostarringJacobTremblayContributing:CydneyHenderson