Overview

• The 37-year-old actor and author announced a temporary departure this week without giving a return date.
• He said his Instagram use had become a co-dependency that created a form of unfreedom.
• The channel will be managed by the association Samuel Koch und Freunde e. V., which intends to share noncommercial, value-driven projects.
• He warned that stepping back from social media can be nearly a career “Genickbruch” for actors yet argued such setbacks are survivable.
• He thanked followers who shared personal hardships and criticized casting decisions influenced by follower counts.