Sam Claflin thinks it is turn out to be “impossible” for celebrities to flee the eye of followers.

The 36-year-old actor believes social media has made it far more troublesome for celebrities to fly below the radar.

Sam – who has starred in movies resembling ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ and ‘Enola Holmes’ – instructed Sky News’ ‘Backstage’ podcast: “You’re seen everywhere – everything you say is immediately broadcast and tweeted and tik-toked and becomes a meme and a gif. Or a jif – is it a gif or a jif?

“I feel it is inconceivable to do something with out being seen now, I feel there’s positively with that positives, however there’s clearly enormous negatives.”

Despite this, Sam feels he’s been able to live his life in a relatively normal way.

The actor – who has Pip, seven, and Margot, five, with his ex-wife Laura Haddock – said: “I solely converse for myself and I do not know that I reside out within the public eye sufficient to actually warrant a lot curiosity in my personal life, however I really feel like I’m very lucky that I get to reside my life, my personal life, very privately – I’ve my youngsters and reside my life with my household and nobody actually is aware of what we appear like.”

Meanwhile, Sam recently confessed to being “obsessed” with David Beckham as a kid.

The actor was a huge fan of the soccer star during his younger years, and Sam recalled being too nervous to introduce himself to the former England captain at a party.

He shared: “I used to be all the time obsessive about David Beckham as a child.

“I was obsessed with Posh Spice when the Spice Girls were a thing and then David Beckham was my favorite footballer.

“One of the primary instances I used to be ever in Los Angeles, I used to be at this social gathering, and I used to be kind of launched to everyone like a correct who’s who of Hollywood, after which David Beckham walked in.

“My agent was the one who was hosting the party so he was like, ‘Oh, let me go introduce you,’ and I was like, ‘Oh no, I can’t, I can’t. I just can’t go over there.’ So, I never have [met him] to this day … I’ve put him on a pedestal my entire life.”