--- title: Daisy Ridley Quit Instagram Because of the "Pressure" description: Daisy Ridley quit Instagram in August, telling her over-2 million followers that she left the platform because of the "pressure." canonical: https://time.com/4506127/daisy-ridley-quit-instagram-because-of-the-pressure-of-growing-up-in-the-public-eye/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-23T18:14:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:39.142Z og:title: Daisy Ridley Quit Instagram Because of "Pressure"of Public Eye og:description: "I felt a pressure being on it." og:url: https://time.com/4506127/daisy-ridley-quit-instagram-because-of-the-pressure-of-growing-up-in-the-public-eye/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e1cca7671753027/6988a74a8e06011130467941/daisy-ridley-quits-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences 43rd Student Academy Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Daisy Ridley Quit Instagram Because of "Pressure"of Public Eye twitter:description: "I felt a pressure being on it." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e1cca7671753027/6988a74a8e06011130467941/daisy-ridley-quits-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Daisy Ridley Quit Instagram Because of the 'Pressure' of Growing Up in the Public Eye  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 23, 2016 6:14 PM UTC  Daisy Ridley arrives at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences 43rd Student Academy Awards at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on September 22, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) Daisy Ridley arrives at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences 43rd Student Academy Awards at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on September 22, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 23, 2016 6:14 PM UTC Budding [_Star Wars_ star Daisy Ridley](http://time.com/4317608/star-wars-day-daisy-ridley-may-fourth/) deleted her personal [Instagram](http://time.com/4504680/instagram-drafts/) in August of this year, leaving her 2.3 million followers to wonder why she decided to depart from the wildly popular social media platform. Now, a month later, Ridley is breaking her silence on the topic. [_Sky_](http://news.sky.com/story/star-wars-star-daisy-ridley-quits-instagram-over-pressure-10589121?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter) reports that while at the Student Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ridley said that she left Instagram because of the pressure that she felt documenting her life, especially as she continued to grow as a person. “I felt a pressure being on it,” she said. “I was like ‘I need to post. Oh my God, it’s been this many days’. It’s actually been kind of nice not to be on it. I’m 24\. I have a lot of growing up to do. I have to deal with loads of stuff myself personally. For that to be projected with millions of people watching, that is like a bit of an extra pressure.” Ridley hasn’t completely ruled out the prospect of returning to the ‘Gram, however. “I think some people handle it well. 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