Joe Locke Is Avoiding Social Media After Popularity Of ‘Heartstopper’: ‘I Find It Quite A Lot’
etcanada.comJoe Locke says adjusting to sudden fame has been difficult. The young breakout star of Netflix’s “Heartstopper” spoke on the “Reign With Josh Smith” podcast about his strategies for dealing with the attention — especially on social media. “I think, on the first few weeks, I sort of found myself looking for the bad comments, and looking for things that would upset me,” Locke said. “I dunno why, but I think it’s a very natural human thing that people do.” In order to protect his own mental health, the star found the best thing to do was to avoid social media, at least for now. READ MORE: Jessie J Gives A Sweet Shout-Out To ‘Heartstopper’ Star Joe Locke During Gig: ‘You’re Helping Someone Really Close To Me Get Through A Really Tough Time’ “I don’t look at Twitter as much anymore or TikTok or my Instagram because I find that I find it a bit overwhelming and I find it quite a lot,” he explained.
That being said, the young actor wanted his fans to know that he still appreciates the kind words and compliments. “That doesn’t mean that I can’t see all the nice things people are saying, I just have to do it in measures otherwise it’ll just become a little bit overwhelming.
I’ll never turn off my phone. I’ll never live my life, which is not good.” “Living life” for the 18-year-old has meant studying for his A levels — a series of subject-based qualifications in the UK that are looked at for entrance into higher education. “So that’s something that’s definitely keeping my head on the ground.
Well, actually, in a textbook, but yeah,” he joked. “I was gonna say it’s so nice to have my A levels to sort of keep me grounded, but it’s not.
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