Declan Rice has opened up about reducing his use of social media – citing the mental toll it can have
The Arsenal and England midfielder has been subjected to online abuse in the past – with his long-term partner Lauren Fryer having also been targeted.
Online abuse about her appearance had led to Fryer wiping all posts from her Instagram page back in 2024.
While Rice still has an Instagram account, he quit X three years ago as a result of the negativity that app can bring.
‘I’ve not been back on the app since,’ he told GQ Magazine – after being named among their Men of the Year. ‘You could be having a great morning. You read one thing, and it just ruins your whole day.
‘I feel like that’s one of my strongest points… the ability to block out noise and not deal with that kind of stuff.’
Rice, who has a four-year-old son called Jude with Fryer, is worried about the impact of social media on the younger generations.
‘Screen time, for me, isn’t a big thing,’ he says of his own personal phone usage. ‘I think social media for kids is 100 per cent a problem. I don’t feel like there’s as much personality now as there was a few years ago.’
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