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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Christi Carras

Tom Holland takes break from social media: 'It's very detrimental to my mental state'

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can ... to protect his mental health.

Over the weekend, "Spider-Man" star Tom Holland made a "very, very brief return" to Instagram to explain why he hasn't been active on social media since the beginning of July — and why he won't be posting as frequently as he used to.

"I've been trying to make this video for about an hour now, and for someone that has spent the last 13, 14 years — however long I've been acting ... I cannot seem to say what I need to say without um-ing and ah-ing every five minutes, so I'm going to try again," the actor said.

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