Priyanka Chopra thinks "hate and negativity" has changed her relationship with social media.
Priyanka Chopra
The 38-year-old actress - who has 27 million followers on Twitter and 60 million followers on Instagram - believes that many social media users are increasingly "looking for the worst in each other".
She explained: "My relationship has changed with social media because of the hate and negativity. I’m just an actor.
"Look, we live in a world where cancel culture exists in such a large way because it’s easier to hate on someone than to take a minute to understand why anybody says and does what they do.
"I’ve always been someone who believes in the goodness of human beings, but it seems as the world progresses that we’re afraid of each other and we’re only looking for the worst in each other.
"What’s the point of giving credibility to a few trolls who choose to live in the darkness, whereas I have such an enormous sea of supporters and I have so much fun with them? So I’ve bifurcated it and I live in the light."
Priyanka thinks there's a danger of celebrities having too much influence on the public.
However, she acknowledges that she's an entertainer and not a policymaker.
The actress - who is married to pop star Nick Jonas - told the Guardian newspaper: "There does come a responsibility with having influence of being on the right side of the world, of life.
"At the same time, it’s very important to realise that we are entertainers; we are not policymakers.
"Sometimes, people mix the two up. Sometimes, we garner a crowd and tell people what we think the right thing to do is, but there has to be a bifurcation between people who actually change laws and influencers."
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