Chris Evans has "less anxiety" now he doesn't own a mobile phone.
Chris Evans on why he refuses to use a mobile phone
The 55-year-old TV presenter first ditched his cell in 2019 and believes that smartphones are a "massive time thief" and he insists doing away with the gadget has boosted his mental health.
He said: "Even if someone says they’re not going to check their phone for an hour, they’re still thinking about when that hour is up ... so you’re still thinking about it. It’s the whole ‘don’t mention monkeys, don’t mention monkeys, don’t mention monkeys’ thing. It’s both a massive time thief and a massive focus one. I have less anxiety without one — it’s that ping of uncertainty."
The former 'Big Breakfast' star went on to explain that the technological advancements in mobile phones "scared the s***" out of him", which inspired him to ditch his phone altogether.
In an interview with The Sun newspaper, he said: "Phones have changed so much [in the past three years], but you don’t realise it because you’ve become so accustomed to the micro-doses of the updates.
"It’s you against Silicon Valley but Silicon Valley is hidden behind the screen. It scared the s*** out of me. No thank you."
Chris - who has children Noah, Nicolas and Eli Alfred with wife Natasha Shishmanian - went on to reveal that none of his young children have mobile phones, claiming that 13-year-old Noah is the only kid in his school without one.
He said: "Noah is the only kid in his year without a phone. He turned 13 a couple of weeks ago so we discussed it, and got him a device and let him download WhatsApp.
"But then immediately something happened — there was a bump in the road — and he came off it. It’s like stopping drinking. You can always start again but you can never undrink what you’ve drunk. Noah is different, and a better conversationalist for it. If you’re not on the phone as a kid, you’re a more present kid.
"I don’t understand how kids learn things now because the phone doesn’t want you to stick on something for too long — it wants to give you another advert for the next thing."
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