It's been a year and a half since Demi Lovato was hospitalized for a near fatal overdose
and she just spoke in detail for the first time about the reason for her dramatic relapse
on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
It’s actually really disturbing!
What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and while Demi Lovato has spoken to us through
her music, she’s still hadn’t sat down and really opened up about what exactly led
to her drug overdose in July 2018, until now.
She stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about everything from her new song “I
Love Me,” her struggle with bulimia, and her OD that landed her in the hospital.
And before we get into everything that Demi talked about, I just wanted to let everyone
know that we will be discussing some pretty heavy topics like eating disorders and overdose,
so please only continue watching if you feel comfortable doing so.
Alright, so Demi explained that she broke her six-year sobriety just three months before
the overdose, in part because of the controlling nature of her old team and her unhappiness
that grew over time.
She talked about how she asked her team for help when she was struggling with her eating
disorder but was let down time and time again.
Demi said that they were controlling and fed into her toxic behaviors by going as far as
hiding any sugar in her dressing room and checking her bank statements to see what she
ordered at Starbucks.
She went on to explain that quote, “So, I was stuck in this, like, unhappy position.
Here I am sober, and I'm thinking to myself, 'I'm six years sober but I'm miserable.
I'm even more miserable than when I was drinking.
Why am I sober?'”
At which point Demi reached out to her team again and their response was the exact opposite
of what she needed to hear.
Demi explained why this response from her team was so triggering for her.
She said quote, “My core issues are abandonment from my birth father as a child.
He was an addict, an alcoholic and we had to leave him.
I have vivid memories of him leaving.
So, when they left, they totally played on that fear and I felt completely abandoned.
So, I drank.”
But she took responsibility and said quote, “Ultimately, I made the decision that got
me to where I am today.
It was my actions that put me in the position that I'm in.
I think it's important that I sit here on this stage and tell you at home, or you in
the audience or you right here that if you do go through this, you yourself can get through
it.
You can get to the other side, and it may be bumpy.”
And Demi had more inspirational words for people listening who may be going through
something similar to what she went through.
And that’s a message we can all get on board with!
I want to know what you guys think about Demi opening up about her overdose for the first
time.
Do you like when your favorite celebs are honest about their struggles and what they’ve
been through?
Get the conversation started down in the comments below.
Also, thankfully, Demi is no longer with her old team.
She’s surrounded herself with completely new people that love and support her for who
she is.
And while Demi’s old team would only let her eat watermelon as a treat on her birthday,
she recalled a moment when she knew she was in the right place with her new team.
She said quote, “This year, when I turned 27, you know I have a new team, and Scooter
Braun, my manager, gave me the best birthday cake.
I spent it with Ariana Grande, who is one of my good friends.
We just, like, had the best birthday.
I just remember crying because I was finally eating cake with a manager that didn't need
anything from me and that loved me for who I am and supported my journey.”
Demi just kept talking about how much this meant to her and how her old team had no idea
how dangerous it was to try and control someone's food when they're in recovery from an eating
disorder.
And Demi thanked Ellen for letting her share her experience.
On Instagram she wrote quote, “I was lucky enough to sit with her and share my story
from over the past year and a half.
I was so emotional I cried when I walked off stage.
Thank you Ellen for providing me a platform to speak my truth.”
But Demi didn’t only talk about the past year and a half, she also spoke about her
new song, which drops tomorrow!
She is continuing to spread this message of self-love in her new single, "I Love Me.”
And not only is the song coming tomorrow, but Demi’s dropping a music video too!
Demi explained that the idea for this song came to her when she was having a self-care
Saturday night.
She took a bath and got a massage and she just had this moment of pure happiness after
taking this time to take care of herself.
She said quote, “The phrase that kept repeating in my head was, 'You are completely whole
as you are, without anybody, without substances, without this food, whatever.
You are good, girl.
And that's what I want everyone to know.
That's why this song I have coming out is called 'I Love Me.'
Like, we are good by ourselves.
We don't need a partner; we don't need substance.
We are good.”
And fans cannot wait for this song, they are stoked to see this happy, fun side of Demi
coming through in her music again.
And they are taking to Twitter to share their excitement.
One person wrote quote, “We can’t wait so excited plus the video looks smart with
the throwbacks of her past @ddlovato”
Another said quote, “@ddlovato guess who's not getting any sleep tonight even though
they have work tomorrow??”
And another said quote, “Yess baby welcome back missed that smile”
And we couldn’t agree more!
We are just so happy to see Demi is back and she’s in such a good place physically and
emotionally and it’s showing in her music.
But I want to know what you guys think.
And while we’re talking about Demi Lovato, if you want to see that full birthday celebration
she had with Ariana Grande and Scooter Braun click right over here.
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Thanks so much for watching I’m Sussan Mourad and I’ll see ya next time!