Eva Mendes had a taste of influencer culture — and decided she needed a break from it. In a May 10 appearance on “The View,” the actor told co-host Sunny Hostin, “I started to feel like… you need to put out content.” She added, “I started seeing my day, like, ‘Is this a social media post? Is this a social media post?’ I was like, ‘I don’t want to live like that.'” Explaining that content-creating made her feel “phony,” Mendes hilariously exclaimed, “I think my last post was like me on a Ferris wheel or something. I’m like, ‘What am I doing? Like, I’m 48!”
When Mendes first announced a break from social media in January 2021, she explained to followers then (per Independent) that she realized she couldn’t be fully “present” for her children by being active on Instagram. “I could tell she was taking it personally,” Mendes wrote of her daughter — who noticed how much time her mom was spending on her phone — in a post on her now-deactivated account. “And she’s a kid, of course she’d take it personally. They take things personally unless we go out of our way to make it clear to them it’s not personal.” After speaking with her daughter, Mendes promised she would be “mindful” in the moment from then on.
Ferris wheel posts or not, we are excited to see what kind of social media journey Mendes takes us on next!
Nicki
