Here are photos of Shailene Woodley in NYC last week. She is carrying an iPhone. It could be a studio directive for her to carry a phone while she promotes, right? Shailene made a huge deal about not owning a smart phone in her quest for an indigenous lifestyle. She probably should have hidden that phone whether she owns it or not. Gossip hounds will judge.

Divergent fared better than expected at the box office. $56 million isn’t Twilight or Hunger Games money (it’s about 1/3 of what Catching Fire scored on opening weekend), but will guarantee a sequel. This is great news! Shailene and her sunshine vadge will live to tell more tales. She’s certainly not the new Jennifer Lawrence, but Shailene has acting chops and the ability to deliver amusing sound bites.

Shailene continued her anti-materialist streak on Late Night With Seth Meyers. She (again) mentions not having a cell phone and talks about her nomadic ways. The story goes that Shailene wrapped Divergent last year and then dumped all of her worldly possessions to jump from couch to couch. This is the same story (minus the phone talk) that JLaw told last year: “I’m the richest couch-jumper ever.” Must be a starlet thing:

Her nomadic lifestyle: “I cruised and I hung out with my friends and family. I got rid of everything I owned. I got rid of my cell phone, and I fit my life into a carry-on suitcase and I just couch surfed for two months. It was awesome. I explored so many couches that I didn’t l know existed in my friends’ homes. You know what’s fun about that, though, is living in L.A, obviously, it’s so spread out. I got to learn different areas that I didn’t know about before.”

More on urban survivalism: “I’ve studied indigenous cultures for a really long time and got really into wilderness skills, but I realized that as much as I knew how to make fire and build shelter, I was like, ‘I live in Los Angeles and I’m surrounded by buildings. Fire’s not going to do me any good.’ So I started learning how to survive and thrive in the city.”

Her gross toothpaste tips: “It’s fun. I make it out of clay. You put some coconut oil in there, a few essential oils if you feel like it, maybe some herbs. Here’s the kicker, though: you don’t spit it out, you swallow it. So you’re getting your daily dose of medicine while you brush your teeth.”

She ditched her premiere dress for overalls: “I changed during the movie. My intention was to put jeans on, and then I got to the bathroom and started changing and I was like, ‘These jeans are way too tight,’ so I just put on my overalls and cruised. You can have a food baby and no one can see it. You can hide things in the pockets and nobody knows. It’s like a built-in backpack!”

[From Late Night with Seth Meyers]

The cell phone topic is awkward. I don’t want to sound like I’m questioning Shailene’s persona — especially since I’ll defend JLaw (and her “aw shucks” media routine) until the end of time. Most actors do have a public persona. I suspect it’s hard to maintain a granola-crunching lifestyle like Shailene’s at all times. We live in a completely interconnected world thanks to the internet, so I can understand slipping a little bit and carrying a cell phone. Just don’t make a huge deal about not using cell phones if you’re going to get papped carrying one on the same day, you know?

The homemade toothpaste tips are actually pretty cool. Swallowing it sounds pretty gross. You brush your teeth to get rid of plague and other things that shouldn’t be in your body. Swallowing those toxins seems counterproductive.

Here’s a video clip of Shailene’s appearance with Seth Meyers.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN