Megan Fox News: Why The 'TMNT 2' Actress Thinks Social Media Is 'Toxic' [VIDEO]
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Star Megan Fox is not happy with social media, and she wishes that parents keep a closer eye on their children who uses it.
The mother of two does not own any social media account and does not even want to encourage the younger generation to use it, saying it’s "toxic."
"I think it's really toxic for our youth culture," Fox told ET on the set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. "There is a hierarchy in schools of who's the cool kid based on who has the most followers and who has the most likes. It's a really terrible message to wake up every day and have your kids going, 'Who liked my photo?' and 'Who's following me?'"
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Fox reveals that she has seen firsthand the effects of social media and the kind of destruction it could occur when kids put too much emphasis on their social media accounts and their so-called "followers."
"When I was on Twitter for five days, I would have 12 and 13-year-old kids going, 'If you don't follow me back, I am going to kill myself.' I was like this is [expletive] awful," the 29-year-old actress said. "Parents should pay attention to that and have your kids off of it. You're not ready for that [expletive] when you're a teenager. You need to be an adult before you can start messing around with that. It's irresponsible and it's dangerous."
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Apparently in her interview with ET, the New Girl star also dishes out that as of the moment, she has nothing to worry with her sons Noah, 3, Bodhi, 22 months, whom she co-parents with ex-husband Brian Austin Green, off social media as they're still toddlers. While the kids on the other hand, wouldn’t even mind seeing their mom reprise her role as April O'Neil in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel, "Out of the Shadows."
Meanwhile, April and the turtles are headed back to the big screen next year after the first film made $493 million at the worldwide box office. According to ET, this time, the turtles are joined by new characters, which include the hockey mask-wearing vigilante Casey Jones (Stephen Amell) and scientist Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry).
