Chlöe Bailey is distancing herself from social media in an effort to be in a greater place, very similar to a few of her pop contemporaries (see: Selena Gomez and Billie Eilish).
The “In Items” singer appeared on The Tamron Corridor Present to debate why she in the end made the choice to take a step again from a number of apps on her cellphone, and shared some perception on the backlash she acquired for a very NSFW scene she did whereas starring in Swarm.
“For a minute, I eliminated all socials off my cellphone and I simply turned it over to my group. In fact I’d make the content material, I’d give you the captions and I might simply ship it to them, however I removed my social media as a result of I noticed the issues folks have been saying,” Bailey shared.
She continued, “The detrimental issues folks have been saying about me have been affecting me, and I seen if I’d exit on stage or ‘if I do that individuals are gonna say this,’ and I noticed that I used to be altering myself for different folks and their opinions and what they have been accusing me of initially, which was not being myself and being pressured, that’s what I used to be tuning into as a result of I used to be so occupied with what folks thought of me, however the second I deleted the apps off my cellphone, I used to be mentally a lot clearer since you’re doing what makes you content.”
The 24-year-old’s lack of social media got here in helpful in latest weeks. Following the premiere of Amazon Prime’s Swarm — wherein Bailey stars as Marissa, who has an express intercourse scene with one of many present’s characters — she acquired backlash that went largely unnoticed by her.
“Something detrimental, I didn’t see. So in flip, I used to be simply proud because the work I did as an actress,” Bailey informed Corridor, noting that she felt much more pleased with the work she did when fellow actress Taraji P. Henson praised her work on the sequence.
Watch Chlöe speak about her relationship with social media within the movies beneath.