Just because Tana Mongeau is one of the biggest influencers in the world, doesn’t mean she’s not allowed to take a step back. After all, having your entire life displayed on social media 24/7 can be pretty overwhelming. With that, the 21-year-old YouTuber took to Instagram to share an emotional message with her fans.
“I think I’m gonna take a few-day break from socials for my brain. Maybe I’ll be on IG Live tomorrow with my tits out and fine. Who knows? ALL LOVE to everyone in my life and zero shade to ANYONE. I just wanna take a little time to tell the people I love that I love them and not care about comments or tweets or people’s opinions of me for the first time in six years,” Tana began on Tuesday, December 3.
“I wanna have a conversation with someone without thinking about the internet for five minutes. I don’t wanna fill my heart with doubt posting things that I know aren’t authentic to the way I feel — knowing the people who are real fans of me would see right through that facade and hating myself for becoming what I never wanted to,” the MTV reality star continued.
Tana went on to reveal that “authenticity” has and “always will be” of the utmost importance to her. “I don’t want to act like I’m happy when I’m not to maintain an image that isn’t true,” she confessed. “I’d rather clear my head for a [second], so that you guys always know when I’m smiling that it isn’t fake.”
The up-and-coming A-lister concluded her emotional message by imploring her followers to consider a similar course of action. “I encourage you to do the same. It’s so easy to get caught up in the highlight reel. Victimizing myself in any situation is not the route I want to take. I guess I just wanna be authentically happy and myself or nothing else … I don’t know. I just know that this is just something I wanna do for me and not at the fault of anyone else,” Tana explained.
“I wanna advocate for authenticity and mental health awareness. I wanna advocate for being honest about my emotions. I wanna grow. So, I’ma do me for a few days. I encourage you to do the same if you’re ever feeling down or succumbing to the pressure of the highlight reel. Love you, hookers. I’m gonna go look at the sky or some s–t. What do people do other than Instagram?”
As much as we agree with Tana’s sentiment, we hope she’s not gone for too long! The internet simply won’t be the same without her.
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