Instagram Star Says Not To Believe Her Photos

In The Young Turks on YouTube by Hlarson0 Comments

 

Instagram sensation Essena O’Neill is quitting the social media platform. She says that she is tired of tricking people and is attempting to educate them on what really goes on behind the scenes. Cenk Uygur, Hannah Cranston (Think Tank), and Hasan Piker (Pop Trigger) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

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“For anyone who ever peered at the sun-kissed photo of some Instagram “star” and thought, “This just can’t be real life,” this should be validating: Essena O’Neill, one of Instagram’s bright, beautiful stars, has decided to quit social media — and, in the process, expose how what we see isn’t always what it seems.

O’Neill, 18, an Australian who had built up a massive social following, announced last week that she’s leaving it all behind, stating in an Instagram post, “Social media, especially how I used it, isn’t real.”

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