Star speaks out
Demi Lovato has slammed the
television and movie industry for “glorifying an unhealthy body image.”
Believing that the media should take
more responsibility for the kind of images that are portrayed, the Disney starlet who entered rehab to seek help with an
eating disorder, told ITV1’s Daybreak:
“I feel as if television and movies are now glorifying an unhealthy
body image which puts a lot of pressure on young girls – and especially girls that are growing up and trying to find
themselves.
“A lot of girls who are young are insecure, and they look to the media and what they see in magazines and
everything else to see what they should look like. And I think that the film industry and the television industry should take
more responsibility.”
Speaking about her own issues, the star, added: “A lot of people ask me, ‘Do you think it’s
because you started in the industry so young, or is it the pressures of being in this industry?’ And I say ‘no’ because my
problems were starting when I was 12-years-old, 11-years-old. I was bullied when I was 12, and that’s when I got really sick
and so it’s been going on for a quite a while now, but finally I’ve gotten help.”
Asked whether or not she had any
advice for girls who are going through similar experiences, Demi said:
“What I have to say to them is you have to – as
much as it hurts when you’re being bullied – always rise above it and also vocalise what’s going on. You can’t keep it
inside. It’s really dangerous to let your emotions bottle up or to let nobody know what’s going on – you should really tell
someone.”
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Speaking about her new single, ‘Skyscraper’, the
actress and singer revealed: “I’m very proud of it, it’s kind of the perfect anthem for what I’ve gone through over the past
year. And the song’s basically about overcoming your issues, and I feel it was the perfect song to come back with.”
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