Sophie Turner is out here dropping *real talk* for the baby wizards stepping into the brand-new Harry Potter reboot — and let’s just say, her advice is giving big sister energy with a side of “don’t ruin your life.”
The 29-year-old star knows exactly what it’s like to be thrown into fame at way too young an age. She was only 13 when she became Sansa Stark on *Game of Thrones*, and yeah… it was intense. Now, seeing the new Hogwarts trio — Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, and Alastair Stout, who are just 11 and 12 — Sophie says she wants to literally hug them and scream: *“Please, for the love of Merlin, do NOT touch social media.”*
Her actual words? “Look, it’s going to be okay but don’t go anywhere near [social media]. Stay friends with your home friends, keep living at home with your family, make sure your parents are your chaperones.” Translation: don’t let the Hollywood chaos fry your brain, stay normal, and let your mom still tell you to clean your room.
Why is she so intense about it? Because social media basically ate her alive back in the day. She admitted she got lucky for a couple of years since Instagram and Twitter weren’t huge yet when *GoT* started, but once it hit? Chaos. “It had such a profound impact on my mental health… it almost destroyed me on numerous occasions,” she said in her interview with *Flaunt Magazine*.
So yeah, Sophie Turner is officially the Sorting Hat of wisdom here — and the new Harry Potter cast better listen, or risk ending up in Azkaban… but make it Instagram edition.
