Woody Harrelson Reveals Why He Stopped Carrying a Cell Phone
Woody Harrelson discussed his decision not to carry a cellphone during an interview on SiriusXM’s podcast “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” with Ted Danson. During the conversation, which also included actress Kristin Bell, Harrelson mentioned that he prefers not to be constantly available and dislikes being overly attached to his phone. He revealed that in the past, he set a usage limit for himself but found it challenging to stick to it, highlighting his complicated relationship with technology. Although Ted Danson jokingly called him a “bully” for making others manage his phone, Harrelson clarified that while he likes staying in touch, he does not enjoy being tethered to the device all the time.
Actor Woody Harrelson recently explained why he doesn’t carry a cell phone.
The 62-year-old star discussed his reasoning during an interview on SiriusXM’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast with Ted Danson, which aired Wednesday. Harrelson was talking about issues with cell phones in a conversation with actress Kristin Bell.
“And let me explain something about Woody,” Danson said. “He doesn’t have a phone. He’s one of those bullies in life that make other people carry his phone for him.”
Harrelson replied that while the statement was “not exactly true,” he did have a complicated relationship with the technology after observing certain habits.
“Well, I just don’t like to have, you know, to be readily available to any human being at any time,” Harrelson said.
Bell agreed, saying, “I hear that. It doesn’t feel good.”
“That’s not the reason,” Harrelson corrected. “I like to be in touch with people in a way, but I don’t like the appendage on my appendage.”
He added, “You know, I made a thing where I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m gonna set a two-hour limit on my phone,’ because this is, I’ve given it up now three, three and a half years, but back then I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to set this limit. Two hours.’ It’s like 9:30. You know, I’ve already hit my limit at 9:30, so I woke up, and I’ve been on it two hours already because, cuz you know how it can just keep going and going.”
Danson asked Harrelson if those limits applied to certain things on the phone, like apps or texting.
“Texting and, well, I don’t know about apps, but texting and also, you know, whatever, so I just finally, I wanted to be able to be in a, like if I were out to dinner with you, right? And there’s just a lull in the conversation,” he said. “Oh, I’m on the phone. ‘Oh yeah. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.’ You know, and I look and I’m back down to the device and this.”
Bell mentioned how her two children helped her realize how excessive her phone usage was.
“But I think once you recognize that, it reshapes, at least it did for me, my whole perspective, and I think my kids had a lot to do with that, too, where I realized they were talking to me and my kids are also very, like, emotionally articulate,” the “Frozen” actress said.
“So, if I’d be checking something, even if it would be the most valid thing ever, like, ‘Oh, her Jujitsu class is changing times tomorrow. I need to tell the other moms.’ Whatever. A valid thing and one of my kids would look at me and go, ‘I just feel like you’re disconnected. I don’t have your whole attention, Mom,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh f***,’” she went on.
Bell added, “When they get home from school, I do put it down. I put it upstairs,” she said. “It’s not in my ether when we’re bopping around the house at night and I feel, I really enjoy being less connected to it. It’s such a trick.”
Danson concluded by saying he could understand Harrelson’s position. “Yeah. I admire what you do with phones by the way, Woody. I need to emulate that more.”
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