Demi Lovato reflected on her adolescence and the advice she would give herself.
The Disney Channel alum, 31, who uses she/they pronouns, said People: “What I would tell my teenage self is to not conform to anyone’s standards but your own.”
He adds: ‘And if yours becomes too critical, then look inside yourself and try to find that self-love. “I think it’s very important to find self-love no matter how old you are.”
Demi began her career at age 10 with a role on Barney & Friends and became a Disney Channel fixture with her show Sonny With a Chance and the Camp Rock franchise.
The star has been open about her mental health and addiction, as well as her eating disorder.
Demi also survived a near-fatal overdose in July 2018.
Demi Lovato reflected on her adolescence and the advice she would give herself. The Disney Channel alum, 31, who uses she/they pronouns, told People, “What I would tell my teenage self is not to hold yourself to anyone’s standards but your own.” photographed on March 6, 2024 in Los Angeles
Demi began her career at age 10 with a role on Barney & Friends and became a Disney Channel fixture with her show Sonny With a Chance and the Camp Rock franchise; photographed at Camp Rock in 2008
Demi’s near-fatal overdose led to long-term complications, including partial vision loss and partial hearing loss.
He took OxyContin that he believes was laced with fentanyl, causing his overdose.
Demi suffered three strokes and a heart attack while in the hospital.
“I was left with brain damage and I still deal with the effects of that today. “I don’t drive a car because I have blind spots in my vision,” she said in 2021 in a panel of her documentary Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, via People.
‘And I also had a hard time reading for a long time. “It was a big problem when I was able to read a book, which was like two months later because my vision was so blurry,” she added.
The former child star previously opened up about her eating disorder and distorted perception of body image, as well as the treatment she underwent.
Demi (left) and Selena Gomez (right) in Barney & Friends
The former child star previously opened up about her eating disorder and distorted perception of body image, as well as the treatment she underwent; photographed in 2008
‘The first time I went to treatment was when I was 18 years old. I went because of my eating disorder, self-harm and emotional problems. And when I told that experience, I was faced with the decision to ‘keep my mouth shut and say nothing’ or share the strength of your experience in the hope that it will affect them in a positive way,” Demi said in NBC News NOW’s Savannah Vendors.
Adding: ‘I wish I had someone when I was 13 and had an eating disorder and was starving. I wanted someone in the public eye to say, “Hey, this is what I’ve been through and you don’t have to choose that path.”
Demi noted that as a teenager, Young Hollywood was “very, very, very thin,” which negatively affected his diet and mental health.
Demi revealed to People that the negativity on social media no longer affects her like it used to.
“My relationship with social media has evolved over the years, from seeking validation on the Internet to not looking at Internet comments at all,” the actress said.
‘If I see something negative, it doesn’t affect me like before. And I don’t know if it’s just because of age or how many years I’ve been in the public eye, I just don’t let it affect me like it used to. He no longer has power over me like before.
Demi recently became a user and spokesperson for Xeomin, an anti-wrinkle injection.
The Heart Attack singer told People: “The campaign really resonates with me because I’ve always believed in making empowering decisions and being true to yourself and owning the decisions that help you look and feel your best.”
Lovato defended the injection, adding: “Don’t listen to the naysayers or whatever that might try to tell you how to do your own beauty routine.” Just listen to what makes you feel comfortable in your own skin.’
For the pop vocalist, makeup and beauty techniques have always been around her, as the industry’s top artists were also on set.
She said: “The best beauty advice anyone on set has ever given me is to never sleep with makeup on.” I never did that anyway, but hearing it again was really important and it stuck with me.
‘I never sleep with my makeup on. It doesn’t matter how late the night is, it doesn’t matter if I stay up until the morning, I take off my makeup and I do my skincare routine and I’m very diligent about it. I’m over that.’
“My relationship with social media has evolved over the years, from seeking validation on the Internet to not looking at Internet comments at all.”
Demi is currently engaged to songwriter Jordan Lutes, 32, whom she began dating in August 2022.
Demi is engaged to songwriter Jordan Lutes, 32, whom she began dating in August 2022.
The couple met in January 2022 after co-writing their song Substance in January of that same year.
She was previously engaged to actor Max Ehrich in 2020 before calling it quits shortly after.