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Olivia Rodrigo reveals major tip to ‘detach’ from online conspiracies

Olivia Rodrigo talked about how fame has ‘stunted’ her growth

Published May 29, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo reveals major tip to ‘detach’ from online conspiracies
Olivia Rodrigo reveals major tip to ‘detach’ from online conspiracies 

Olivia Rodrigo has learned to "detach" herself from online conspiracies.

The 23-year-old pop star has rubbished suggestions that she's feuding with Taylor Swift, but admits that she's learned to live with the speculation that surrounds her personal life.

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The Drop Dead hitmaker said on the Popcast podcast, "I don't really read that far into it. I think it comes with the territory, and it's par for the course.”

"I think if I dove into every internet detective sleuth that got things right or wrong about my life or any of my relationships, I think I'd just go crazy. There's just not enough time in the day,” she added.

Olivia has learned to be "detached" from online theories about her personal life.

The brunette beauty, who previously dated actor Louis Partridge, explained: "I had to detach from it in order to literally be OK.”

"It was just such a crazy experience for everyone involved. Yeah, I think I just had to learn to detach, and I think that's something that I'm hopefully good at these days, still trying to detach from people who don't know every little detail of my life. I think you just have to, otherwise you just go kind of crazy,” the Traitor hitmaker mentioned.

Olivia has also previously claimed that fame has "stunted" her development.

The singer has enjoyed huge success in recent years, but she feels that growing up in the public eye has had a detrimental impact on her.

Olivia, who previously starred in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on Disney, told the Guardian newspaper: "Nobody can be perfect, ever. It’s so funny because I am so strait-laced. But it’s hard.”

"I feel super mature in some ways and super stunted in others because of how I’ve grown up,” she said at that time, adding, "I have such curiosity to learn and grow and experience things, and how am I ever going to learn if I can’t make a mistake in the privacy of my own life?"

Despite her success, Olivia Rodrigo has actually become more uncertain of herself over time.

"I just remember thinking, ‘I’m so precocious, I know what I’m doing, I got all this under control, I’m so mature.’ And the older I get, the more I realise that I know very little,” she mentioned, explaining her epiphany as a performer. 

Sadaf Naushad
Sadaf Naushad is a Journalist and Neurochemistry master's graduate with over four years of experience. Leveraging her scientific background, she specialises in celebrity wellness, mental health, and the psychology of lifestyle trends, bridging the gap between science and pop culture to provide expert insight into global icons' well-being.
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