March 2018 – Lovato talks about her sexuality
After avoiding directly answering questions about her sexuality, the star revealed in her 2017 YouTube documentary Simply complicated that she was open to dating men and women. In an interview with Swag, she discussed the matter further.
“I am very fluid,” she shared. “I think love is love. You can find it in any genre. I like the freedom of being able to flirt with anyone I want. “
“I am not suffering because I am alone,” she continued. “I was in a relationship many years ago and I was not learning about myself. Now I’m learning what I like, what I need and what I want. “
August 2018 – First post after hospitalization
A few weeks after her hospitalization in July 2018 due to an apparent drug overdose, the singer opened up to her concerned fans in a deleted post on Instagram. “I have always been transparent about my addiction journey,” she began. “What I learned is that this disease is not something that disappears or disappears over time. It is something that I must continue to overcome and have not yet done.”
Lovato continued: “I want to thank God for keeping me alive and well. To my fans, I am forever grateful for all of his love and support over the past week and beyond. His positive thoughts and prayers have helped me navigate this difficult time. . “
“I want to thank my family, my team and the Cedars-Sinai team, who have been by my side all this time. Without them, I wouldn’t be here writing this letter for all of you, ”she said.
“Now I need time to heal and focus on my sobriety and the road to recovery. The love that you have all shown me will never be forgotten and I am looking forward to the day when I can say I left the other side. I will keep fighting.”
March 2019 – Reflecting on what would have been the seven-year anniversary of his sobriety
The star accessed her Instagram stories to share a message of hope about her recovery and encourage fans to seek help if they need it.
Today I would have been sober for 7 years, ”she wrote. “I don’t regret leaving because I needed to make these mistakes, but I must never forget that they were exactly that: mistakes.”
“Thankful that AA / NA never closes the door on you, no matter how many times you have to start your time over,” she continued. “I haven’t lost 6 years; I will always have that experience, but now I can only add to that time a new journey and counting time. If you have had a relapse and are afraid to seek help again, know that it is possible to take this step towards recovery. If you are alive today, you can come back. You’re worth it.”
November 2019 – learned from her experiences
At the 2019 Teen Vogue Summit in Los Angeles, Lovato reflected on her hospitalization and shared that she “has never been more in tune with who I am than where I am today.”
“What many people don’t realize is that I am an extremely sensitive person,” she said. “I’m human, so be easy with me. And I’m so tired of pretending I’m not human. That’s one thing that I won’t do anymore. When you say things, it affects me. I’m human. I try not to look, but I see. “
When asked what she sees when she looks in the mirror now, Lovato said, “I see someone who is very outdated.”
She continued, “I really see a fighter. I don’t see a championship winner there, but I see a fighter and I see someone who will continue to fight, no matter what. [what] challenges are thrown your way. “
“Genuinely, I just want people to remember that I’m a singer,” she added. “I think a lot of the things I’ve been through have overshadowed my successes in the music or acting industry now. I just want people to remember that this is what I want to give to the world, so please focus on that and not the other things . “
January 2020 – “Anyone”
Before her touching performance at the Grammy, where she performed an emotional interpretation of her new song “Anyone”, Lovato discussed the song with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1.
“I wish I could go back in time and help this version of myself,” she said of listening to the song now. “If I come back, I want to sing this song,” recalls Lovato of thinking about his stay at the hospital.
“I almost hear those lyrics as a cry for help,” said Lovato. “And you kind of hear it back and think, like nobody heard this song and thought, ‘Shall we help this girl?'”
“I was recording in a state of mind where I felt I was fine, but clearly I wasn’t,” added Lovato. “I even hear that and I’m like, ‘Wow, I wish I could go back in time and help this version of myself.'”
February 2020 – “ups and downs” of mental health
Lovato stopped at Ashley Graham’s Pretty Big Deal podcast to talk about your eating disorders, recovery process and self-care practices. She continued this opening process with a vulnerable Instagram post.
“I woke up not feeling overconfident, even when my PBD episode just came out. Let this be a reminder to anyone who is struggling out there – this life is a journey with tons of ups and downs, but you can’t give up, “o The confident singer” wrote to his followers. “I deal with shit on a daily basis, but I know that I’ll be fine with God by my side. Furthermore, you, my friends and family are very useful as well. “
March 2020 – Shares what led to her relapse in 2018
When visiting The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the singer took seriously the events that led to her relapse, overdose and hospitalization in 2018.
She revealed that her breaking point resulted from an eating disorder that became totally obsessive. “It made me very, very unhappy; my bulimia got much worse and I asked for help. And I didn’t get the help I needed,” she told DeGeneres.
Lovato continued that his management team questioning his sobriety was not very compassionate. “They replied, like, ‘You are being very selfish, that would ruin things not only for you, but for us as well,'” she said. “And when I heard that, my main problems are the abandonment of my biological father as a child … so, when they left, they totally took advantage of this fear and I felt completely abandoned. So I drank. And that night I went to a party and there were other things there, and only three months later I ended up in the hospital with an overdose “
“I think it’s important that I sit here on this stage and tell you at home, or in the audience, or right here that, if you go through this, yourself I can go through it, “she concluded.” You can get to the other side and it can be bumpy, but you are a 10 out of 10. Don’t forget that. And as long as you take responsibility, you can get over it and learn to love yourself the way you deserve to be loved. “
July 2020 – Body image problems
“I used to have people watching me the night before a photo shoot to make sure I didn’t overeat or eat and get bloated the next day,” said the pop star Urgency for your July cover story. “It’s a totally different world now … I don’t even prepare for photo shoots. I can eat Subway for breakfast.”
Now, Lovato has found out what she really wants. “I want a career that has nothing to do with my body,” she said Urgency. “I want it to be about my music, my lyrics and my message. And I want a long-lasting career that I don’t need to change. Music brought me a lot of joy when I was younger, and I lost that joy amid the hustle and bustle of the music industry. I was unhappy. And I don’t want it to be that way again. This is what I want. “
September 2020 – World Suicide Prevention Day
Demi Lovato spoke to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about her collaboration with Marshmello “OK Not To Be OK”, which was released on World Suicide Prevention Day.
“I have dealt with depression and suicidal ideation since the age of seven, and this is something I have been talking about a lot. I have been talking about it for years. And today, I don’t take it lightly,” Lovato told Lowe in the interview. . “I could easily have been someone who was not having this interview today. So, I am grateful to have had the support and the team around me to help me overcome this moment. And what I just want everyone else to do what I know is that I have been there and you can overcome it too. It can be very, very dark, but we have to remember that we cannot seek permanent solutions to temporary problems, because life comes and goes. And just as happiness can be fleeting, sadness too. So we have to hold on to that hope and keep fighting and moving forward. “
She also shared a powerful message on Twitter (below).
December 2020 – bright streaks
Lovato painted a (literal) picture of how she is celebrating her recovery from an eating disorder, which included a lot of gold glitter tracing her stretch marks. The singer, who has battled bulimia since adolescence, wrote on Instagram: “I used to sincerely believe that recovery from an eating disorder was not real. That everyone was faking or secretly relapsing behind closed doors. ‘Certainly she pukes here and there,’ ‘she POSSIBELY can’t accept her cellulite ‘… those were just some of the things I used to say to myself as I grew up, “she wrote.
She continued: “I am very grateful to be able to say honestly for the first time in my life – my nutritionist looked at me and said ‘This is what recovery from eating disorders looks like.’ In honor of my gratitude for the place I am in today, this was a small photo I took alone in quarantine this summer, when I wanted to celebrate my stretch marks instead of being ashamed of them. I started using real glitter paint on my stretch marks to celebrate my body and all its features (if society sees them as good OR bad).
Look here.