{"id":13703,"date":"2026-11-09T20:45:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/arsenal-star-i-quit-social-media-to-protect-my-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T20:45:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:45:55","slug":"arsenal-star-i-quit-social-media-to-protect-my-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/arsenal-star-i-quit-social-media-to-protect-my-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Star: I Quit Social Media To Protect My Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal and England midfielder Declan Rice has spoken candidly about scaling back his social media usage, highlighting the severe mental toll online platforms can take.<\/p>\n<p>Rice and his long-term partner, Lauren Fryer, have both faced toxic online abuse in recent years. The targeted harassment over Fryer\u2019s appearance led her to delete all posts from her Instagram account back in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/flamingos-touch-down-in-abuja-set-for-trophy-parade\/\">Flamingos Touch Down In Abuja, Set For Trophy Parade<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although Rice maintains an Instagram profile, he permanently deleted his X account three years ago to distance himself from platform toxicity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve not been back on the app since,\u201d Rice shared with GQ Magazine after being honored as one of their Men of the Year. \u201cYou could be having a great morning. You read one thing, and it just ruins your whole day. I feel like that\u2019s one of my strongest points\u2026 the ability to block out noise and not deal with that kind of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/alebiosu-faces-lengthy-spell-on-sidelines-with-injury\/\">Alebiosu Faces Lengthy Spell On Sidelines With Injury<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old, who shares a four-year-old son, Jude, with Fryer, also expressed concern over how online platforms affect children and overall social development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScreen time, for me, isn\u2019t a big thing,\u201d Rice added regarding his phone habits. \u201cI think social media for kids is 100 per cent a problem. I don\u2019t feel like there\u2019s as much personality now as there was a few years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal and England midfielder Declan Rice has spoken candidly about scaling back his social media usage, highlighting the severe mental toll online platforms can take. Rice and his long-term partner,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}