Useful as it may be, social media can serve as a source of distraction and stress for everyone, and LeBron James has had enough. On Wednesday, James announced he's taking a break from social media due to the amount of negativity on various platforms.

LeBron James is taking a break from social media, citing negativity online. The Lakers star posted a screengrab of a post from Rich Kleiman, Kevin Durant’s longtime agent, to X, formerly Twitter. In the post,

His announcement came one day after he said “everybody on the Internet called me a liar all the time” when he said he was watching Dalton Knecht’s college games last year at Tennessee.