NEWSAndrew Garfield Reveals He Has a Secret Instagram Account: 'I'm as Addicted as Anybody'

Andrew Garfield revealed that he has a secret Instagram account.
Aug. 24 2026, Published 1:24 p.m. ET
Andrew Garfield revealed he has a secret Instagram account.
The Social Network star told Variety, “I’m as addicted as anybody.”
“My screen time notifications are horrific to me. It’s like, I’ve given all of those hours to nothing,” he added.
Andrew Garfield Revealed His Secret Instagram Addiction

Andrew Garfield stated that he is 'addicted' to social media.
As to what makes him scroll away his precious hours, he noted that he is very partial to “weird ceramics.”
In fact, his feed seems to be full of “lots of Japanese kind of craftspeople.”
“It’s genuinely enraging because we don’t have as much control over these impulses as we should, and it’s been by design,” he lamented, before adding, “It’s pretty dark when you look at it.”

Andrew Garfield said that he is seemingly frustrated with his social media addiction.
Unlike most people, though, he seems quite over his social media addiction despite not thinking he has any semblance of control over it.
“I think we’ve all had the impulse to smash our phones or throw it into the forest or throw it into the sea because we know it’s taking our lives from us in some way,” The Amazing Spider-Man star said.
“I’m not better than anybody else,” he admitted.
“I’ve been told, and I find it to be true, that if you leave your phone in another room, that does a lot of the heavy lifting. As soon as it’s in the room, you’re kind of f---,” he added.
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Andrew Garfield Reflected on the Relationship with Technology in His New Film 'The Magic Faraway Tree'

Andrew Garfield admitted that phones were not 'banned' on the set of 'The Magic Faraway Tree.'
The actor recently starred in The Magic Faraway Tree, which was released on August 21.
Referencing the film, in which his character fulfills a longtime dream of moving to the countryside, Variety's Marc Malkin asked Garfield what was on his own “dream binder” list 15 years ago.
"I was doing “Spider-Man.” That was a dream from 40 years ago, so I was checking off one of my big dreams. I was also checking off just being an actor. I still have dreams, but they’re slightly more earthbound than my previous ones," Garfield replied.
He continued, "I want a certain quality of relationships with my family and friends. I want a certain quality of relationship with myself."
The film follows a family with tech-addicted children who are swept into a fantasy adventure. It also explores how society’s reliance on technology can hurt personal growth and relationships.

Andrew Garfield said his new film focuses on building a 'healthier relationship' with technology.
Despite the film’s criticism of modern technology, Garfield said phones and other devices were allowed on set.
“They weren’t, but you know they didn’t really need to be,” he admitted.
“Our intention with the film wasn’t to d--- technology. We didn’t want to say that all technology is evil and bad,” he said.
He remarked that the goal of the film was to actually shed light on the issues that pop up with how we currently utilize technology.
“We wanted to just have a healthier relationship with it,” he concluded.


