Demi Lovato is getting honest about her struggles early in her career as a Disney star.
The 33-year-old pop star recently appeared in Keke Palmer’s Baby, This is Keke Palmer podcast and got candid about the challenges her younger self faced, revealing that she has a lot of “compassion” for the version of herself she was during the early days of her career.
“So many emotions come to mind when I think about that period in my life,” Demi told Keke on the March 3 episode of her podcast.
“I have a lot of compassion for my younger self because we were held to such high standards at such a young age… I think I was so hard on myself at the time that I wish I had had more grace for myself,” she shared.
Lovato started out as a teenage Disney star with While the bell rings series and Sonja with a chance, and became famous with her role in Camp Rock And Camp rock 2, in which she co-starred with Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas.
Mentioning the time of her Camp rock 2 During a press tour, Lovato revealed that she had had a “breakdown” and made amends at the time.
“I had to make it up to a lot of people by saying, ‘I’m sorry. I was so challenging to work with at the time. I was so miserable in my own skin and dealing with what I was going through that I wasn’t the nicest person to work with at the time,'” Lovato revealed.
“And I think that was that chapter of my life where I really reflected everything and I wanted to make sure I wanted to right my wrongs.”
Keke, who was also a child star, noted that the steps they took when they were younger were for survival.
Agreeing with Keke, Demi added: “I was 16, 17, I don’t know. I just wasn’t always the nicest, because what happened was people would come on set and say, ‘Good morning, Demi. How are you?’ In my head I literally thought, ‘You don’t care about me. You don’t really care how I’m doing.’”
“I just wanted so badly for someone to see that I was having a hard time. And when I finally had a breakdown, like everyone else, and I was able to explain to people afterwards that it wasn’t personal. When I showed up and was brutal on set, it wasn’t my intention. I just did exactly what you said, did what I had to do to survive,” she recalls.
