Demi Lovato Drops Major Bombshells During ‘Call Her Daddy’ Tell-All: From Addiction to Disney Secrets

Developing Depression at a Young Age

Demi revealed that they’ve always had a “fascination of death,” which started when they were 7 years old. “I had this understanding that life was only going to get more difficult. I had suicidal ideations at the age of 7,” she shared, noting that they started therapy at a young age and have come to “accept and manage” these feelings.

Expectations on Disney Channel

Demi explained that when they were on Disney, there were “expectations on you to be a role model.” The kids on the network “lived in fear” of their scandals being published online. “If something happened, there would be conversations,” Demi recalled. “That pressure of ‘you are replaceable’ was always there.”

No one from the network ever outright called anyone replaceable, but they “didn’t have to.” 

Starting Their Intense Partying

“There was this extreme workload that I think put a lot of pressure on us and that’s why some of us turned to — I personally turned to, ‘If you’re going to work me like an adult, I’m going to party like an adult.’ That at 16, 17, wasn’t healthy at all,” Demi said, revealing that they were “alone” the first time they got drunk.

Experimenting With Drugs

“I started experimenting for the first time when I was 12, or 13. I got into a car accident, and they prescribed me opiates. My mom didn’t think she would have to lock up the opiates from her 13-year-old daughter, but I was already drinking at that point. I had been bullied and was looking for an escape,” they explained. Once Demi’s mom found out about the pills, she “locked them up.”

She added, “At 17, it was the first time I tried coke and, like, loved it too much and then kinda bled into me going to treatment right after I turned 18.”

Their Controlling Team

During a 2020 interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Demi spoke candidly about their former team that worked to control her eating. On “Call Her Daddy,” they addressed this further.

“There was someone that came into the picture and when they came into the picture everything in my life was controlled,” Demi shared. “I started having a sober companion, which was helpful for me, but It should not have lasted 3 years. Then, it became controlling around my food.”

Because of this, they were suffering from bulimia from 2016 to 2018. “I’ve never talked about this before but there was one time where I had binged and purged one night and I came clean to my team,” Demi shared, claiming that her team had “barricaded me into my hotel room.”

Now, Demi knows that “no one can control me anymore.”

Losing Their Virginity

Demi revealed during their March 2021 Dancing With the Devil documentary that they lost their virginity amid a sexual assault.

“The more time has gone by, the easier it has gotten but there’s still a sadness a deep sadness that someone took that from me at such a young age,” Demi shared. “It was hard because this person was also around, they were also on Disney. Seeing them around was difficult and it really messed up my teenage years. Finally, I went and got help for that and it’s something that I’ve worked on.”

She clarified that the assailant “wasn’t anyone in the immediate Disney circle.”

The Song ’29’

Demi explained that this was a “hard” song to release as a single. The track is rumored to be about her past romance with Wilmer Valderrama,

“I came out of treatment with anger, I came out of treatment with understanding and growth. It was a reflective song for me,” they shared. “Even though there’s undertones of anger, I really learned a lot about that experience, and I decided to write about it.”

The musician added, “If you’re a young girl and you think that it’s sexy or fun to date older men, it’s not OK unless you’re of age. … I think sometimes the public needs the truth and that’s why I decided to release it as a single because I think the message is so important.”

A New Relationship

Demi revealed that their new relationship with fellow singer Jute$ is “going really well,” before sharing what she looks like in a romantic partner.

“I have to laugh. I’ve dated people that were beautiful or sexy. … I still am. The person I’m dating is so hot and so sexy and I am obsessed,” they gushed. “But like, the most important thing is eventually over time. We grow old, looks fade and things like that, you have to find someone who completely understands you. But, most importantly to me, makes me laugh.”