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00:00 I was in New [music] York and I was

00:01 having a really hard time with the job

00:03 just because of how taxing it was, the

00:05 emotional capacity that I was having

00:07 [music] to get through every day.

00:09 And

00:11 I decided to delete my Instagram because

00:13 I just felt like I was so addicted

00:14 [ music]

00:15 to this kind of false version of my life

00:17 that it was just taking over. I would be

00:19 on set working, I'd come and sit in

00:20 [music] my chair and just scroll,

00:21 scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll and it

00:23 was

00:24 it was becoming a problem. I was just

00:26 obsessed with it and I was obsessed

00:28 [music] to find out what people were

00:29 saying and how people what they thought

00:31 about me.

00:32 So I decided to

00:33 make an announcement, [music] which

00:35 unfortunately we have to do, and say

00:37 that I'm taking a break from social

00:38 media and I and I tried to position

00:40 myself

00:41 >>[ music]

00:41 >> and say like I'm taking a break from

00:42 social media because I feel like my

00:44 mental health will benefit from it. And

00:46 the thing that really upset me is the

00:47 press ran [music] with that and they

00:49 tried to make out that I was having this

00:52 mental breakdown. If I was having a

00:54 mental breakdown, that's not for you to

00:56 report on. They they they took the story

00:58 in the wrong direction and they they

01:00 painted again this negative light on

01:02 mental health [music] rather than saying

01:05 oh, he's doing it, it's okay that he's

01:07 doing it, so we should all feel okay to

01:09 do it too. They [music] were saying oh,

01:10 look, he's not the perfect

01:12 happy-go-lucky kid you think he is. He's

01:14 having a nervous breakdown in New York.

01:16 Like the the message of our show is that

01:18 asking for [music] help should be

01:19 something that we celebrate.

01:21 >> Yeah. If you're struggling, if you need

01:22 help,

01:23 if you feel bad and you wake up and and

01:25 you go to a friend, a therapist, a

01:27 [music] teacher, an employee, or a

01:29 colleague, you can say I'm really I need

01:31 some help. That should be something that

01:33 we give you a pat on [music] the back.

01:34 Like I would love to help you.

01:36 I'm I'm delighted that you asked me.

01:38 Yeah, it doesn't have to be a

01:39 professional.

01:40 >> Yeah.

01:40 >>[ music]

01:41 >> I go to my friends a lot and and, you

01:43 know, some friends are better than

01:44 others in certain situations. I've got

01:46 some friends that are very much like

01:47 pull your socks up and get on with it

01:48 and then other friends who are like come

01:50 here and have a cry on my shoulder, but

01:52 like it it varies. So I I just really

01:54 hope that that's what the show can do is

01:56 [music] is sort of paint this positive

01:58 picture of asking for help is something

02:00 to be proud of.

02:01 >> Well, that's a great message and and I

02:02 think we all we all need to hear it. And

02:04 I want to go back a little bit because

02:06 you

02:07 decided to take a break from acting.

02:10 [ music]

02:10 >> It's only a break from acting because

02:12 I'm an actor.

02:14 It's not like the acting itself. I just

02:16 have been so lucky that in my life I've

02:18 been working so much. I just wanted to

02:20 take a break. I just wanted to be in one

02:22 place for a while. I wanted to be with

02:24 my friends, be with my family,

02:26 >>[ music]

02:26 >> move into my house.

02:28 So, it wasn't necessarily

02:30 oh my god, I need to have a break from

02:31 acting cuz it's [music] too much. I just

02:33 needed to have a break from traveling

02:35 and and working and and also, I've done

02:38 so much of my growing up on the road. I

02:40 needed to do a lot of growing up at

02:42 home. Paying my water bill, paying my

02:45 council tax and sorting out my bins and

02:47 all that sort of stuff that they don't

02:48 teach you at school, which I think there

02:50 should be a lesson. I think there should

02:51 be a lesson at school that's called

02:52 life,

02:53 which is like laundry, basic cooking,

02:56 like

02:57 I didn't realize [music] you have to pay

02:58 for your water. I just thought that was

03:00 a luxury of living in England that the

03:01 water comes out of the sky and then it

03:03 comes out of your tap. I was so behind

03:05 on my water bill. I didn't realize. I'm

03:07 up to date now, don't worry.

03:09 >>[ laughter]

03:09 >> So, yeah, I just wanted to take this

03:10 break and it's a shame again talking

03:12 about the press and how they can spin

03:14 things [music] and that they kind of ran

03:16 with this idea that yes, the show did

03:18 break me and yes, it was difficult, but

03:20 I could have gone back to work. I was

03:22 always planning on taking [music] this

03:23 break after this job.

03:24 >> I've definitely walked away from a lot.

03:26 >> Mhm.

03:27 >> And I think had I not walked away from

03:28 certain situations, let's just put it at

03:30 that, I would be a very different person

03:32 today.

03:33 >> Mhm.

03:34 >> I've been really good at keeping [music]

03:35 in touch with my friends, keeping my

03:37 family close, listening to the lessons,

03:39 [ music]

03:40 not getting caught up in the Hollywood

03:42 hype. Like I really am a massive fan of

03:45 making movies, but I really do not like

03:47 Hollywood. It is not for me. The

03:49 business [music] really scares me. I

03:51 understand that I'm a part of that

03:53 business and I enjoy my kind of

03:54 interactions with it, but that said,

03:56 [ music]

03:57 I am always looking for ways to kind of

04:00 remove myself from it, to kind [music]

04:01 of just live as normal a life as

04:03 possible. But yeah, I definitely think

04:06 it has been an ongoing thought,

04:09 which is don't lose yourself. I've seen

04:11 so many people come before me and lose

04:13 themselves, [music] and I've had friends

04:15 that I've grown up with that aren't

04:17 friends of mine anymore because they've

04:18 lost themselves to this business.

04:20 And

04:21 >>[ music]

04:21 >> I just am really, really keen to focus

04:23 on what makes me happy, which is my

04:25 family, [music] it's my friends, it's my

04:27 carpentry, my golf, um the charity that

04:30 my mom runs. Like that is the stuff

04:32 [music] that makes me really happy, and

04:33 that's the stuff that I should protect.

04:35 My relationship is the thing that I keep

04:37 most sacred. I don't talk about it.

04:40 >>[ music]

04:40 >> I try my best to keep it as private as

04:42 possible. We both feel very strongly

04:44 that that is the [music] healthiest way

04:45 for us to to move on as a couple. So I

04:48 do try to keep as removed [music] from

04:50 it as possible. Like you'll never see me

04:52 at an award show I don't have to be at.

04:55 I'm never going to a red carpet event

04:57 that I'm [music] not in the film of, you

04:59 know. I don't want the attention when I