Addison Rae reveals reason for taking social media break

Addison Rae has opened up about taking time off social media.

In a recent appearance on Therapuss with Jake Shane, the 24-year-old singer explained why she limited her daily posting on social media.

"I felt so misunderstood," said Addison who rose to fame as a dancer on TikTok, "but I was sharing so much."

"Sometimes you do what you need to do to get where you want to go," she continued.

The social media star reflected on the emotional toll that came with constant online exposure.

"I wasn't showing every part of myself, as one mostly doesn't, you know. There are elements of yourself that surely you don't share online that aren't bad—they just aren't things you're willing to share or talk about or, you know, show."

She explained that while her early social media presence helped launch her career, it came at the cost of personal boundaries.

"I think privacy becomes really important over time," she continued. "Like, 'OK, what can I allow people access to that isn't going to hurt me? Or they're not going to use to make me feel conflicted in my own life decisions that I have to make?'"

"Being misunderstood is definitely annoying and it does get on my nerves sometimes, but I think over time, I've realized that if somebody's commenting that 'I'm not this' [or] 'This is not who I am.' ... Or when I was 19 I was more authentic," the singer added.

At another point during the podcast, Addison got candid about applying the idea of "slowing things down" or taking a step back when it comes to other parts of her life so she can avoid feeling "too exposed."

"It happens very frequently with a lot of artists," she shared. "They feel like they're too exposed or they need to pull back or, you know, they're too scared to get overdone or feel like you're too in front of everybody's face and that people will get tired of you."

On the work front, Addison most recently released her self-titled debut LP Addison on June 6.