Cate has strong feelings on social media: ‘That sh*t is just pathetic!’

Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will probably never like your Instagram selfie. She’s definitely not going to be re-tweeting your witty account of this morning’s commute either.

The actress has outed herself as a hater of social media. In fact, she considers the fascination with social media to be entirely “pathetic”.

"People constantly are taking pictures of ourselves to send them to people to see if they like me, 'Do they like me?'“ she explained in an interview with Yahoo! Beauty.

The 46-year old believes the obsession is stemming from a lack of self-respect:

"It's pathetic, the whole thing about people worrying about what other people are going to think." 

“I cannot for the life of me work out why adults are participating in that s**t," she said. 

She explained that the obsession reminds her of primary school and likened it to circus behaviour.

However, she not some positive aspects to social media: “I do think there's a genuine ability to connect.”

So, should we be waiting for a friend request from the star?

"It divides people really quickly and sets up rivalry and jealousy and a sense of: 'The life over there is better than the life over here.'"  

Probably not then. She also revealed that there are certain red carpet trends that she is not a fan of, at all:

“You're asked to stand on this 360-degree camera, stick your toes into some device so they can beam your bunions around the world, it's like, 'No, thank you.'

And when men talk about your clothes above your actual achievement, it's a bit, you know …"

She added that she probably misses out on some party invites due to her lack of social media presence- but we imagine if she really wanted to go, Cate Blanchett wouldn’t get turned away at the door.