Demi Lovato has got no time for ‘cancel culture’ and says she’s been ‘cancelled’ so many times, it ‘doesn’t affect’ her anymore.
The singer, 27, has seen herself fall out of favour on social media, with many calling for her to be ‘cancelled’ as a result.
There was that time Demi had to shut down her Twitter account following backlash for sharing a meme referring to rapper 21 Savage, after he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the US last year.
And then, more recently, after Demi revealed she and her fellow former Disney star Selena Gomez aren’t pals anymore, the hashtag ‘DemiLovatoIsOverParty’ started trending.
Selena fans accused Demi of having a fake private Instagram account, where she’s allegedly been hitting out at the Lose You To Love Me singer in posts that have now leaked on Twitter.
Having her say on the hashtag that has done its round on Twitter several times before, Demi told Jameela Jamil on her I Weigh podcast: ‘I’ve been canceled so many times, I can’t even count…the hashtag #DemiIsOverParty, that whole thing. It just doesn’t even affect me anymore.
‘One, it’s not real. I don’t think anyone was ever officially canceled, otherwise certain people wouldn’t have Grammys, wouldn’t have Oscars, certain people would be where they are in their positions,’ Demi offered.
Suggesting she prefers a much kinder alternative, Demi continued: ‘Where is the forgiveness culture? There are some people, if you have used up your second and third chances with a certain topic, you’re canceled and you should stay canceled.
‘But if you mess up and you apologise and come forward and say I’ve learned from this, then let that be an example for other people so they can change too.
‘Cancel culture will not work unless people have some sort of mercy. You have to be able to do that.’
Although, she did add: ‘I think if it’s somebody that just refuses to learn, just has the entitlement of, “I can never do any wrong and I can get away with this,” then yeah… go ahead and cancel them.’
Demi also touched on the response she had online, following her near-fatal overdose that saw her hospitalised in 2018.
The Sorry Not Sorry hit-maker has openly spoken of her battles with addiction and mental health, including an eating disorder that she says she is still ‘recovering’ from.
While she explained that some people have thanked her for being so candid about her own experiences, as it’s helped them go through something similar, Demi pointed out that others are ‘so quick to judge’.
She said: ‘The public are so quick to judge, they don’t understand addiction and things like that. When someone relapses, they’re very judgemental.’
Demi made her musical comeback at the Grammys in January, with sources saying at the time that the star is taking her recovery ‘very seriously’
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A source told People: ‘[Demi] takes her sobriety very seriously. Her group of friends live the same life as she does now – it’s low-key. She surrounds herself with friends that really care and that also help her stay healthy.’
The source added that she ‘occasionally struggles to find balance’ but ‘seems very focused on staying healthy’.
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