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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 26 July 2018

Pop star Demi Lovato awake and recovering with family

By MESFIN FEKADU She went on to become
Associated Press a multi-platinum pop star,
NEW YORK (AP) — A repre- launching Top 10 hits like
sentative for Demi Lovato "Sorry Not Sorry," ''Skyscrap-
says she is awake and re- er," ''Heart Attack." Her 2015
covering with her family album, "Confident," earned
after the pop singer was re- her a Grammy nomination
portedly hospitalized Tues- for best pop vocal album.q
day for an overdose.
"Demi is awake and with
her family who want to ex-
press thanks to everyone
for the love, prayers and
support," Lovato's represen-
tative said in a statement
Tuesday evening. "Some
of the information being
reported is incorrect and
they respectfully ask for pri-
vacy and not speculation
as her health and recovery
is the most important thing
right now."
The statement did not pro- In this June 17, 2016 file photo, singer Demi Lovato performs on ABC's "Good Morning America"
vide any details on what 2016 Summer Concert Series in New York.
led to the singer's hospital- Associated Press
ization.
Emergency officials con- News crews gathered out-
firmed they transported a side Lovato's home in the
25-year-old woman who Hollywood Hills, where ve-
lives on Demi Lovato's hicles were seen entering
block to the hospital after and leaving Tuesday after-
receiving a call at 11:22 noon. Their occupants did
a.m. Tuesday. not stop to speak to report-
TMZ was the first to report ers.
that Lovato had been hos- The hashtag #PrayForDemi
pitalized for a drug over- trended on Twitter and sev-
dose, based on its sources, eral celebrities posted sup-
and other outlets including portive words Tuesday, in-
People magazine also re- cluding Missy Elliott, Ariana
ported her hospitalization Grande, Brad Paisley, Ke-
based on sources. sha, Bebe Rexha, Meghan
Lovato indicated in a new Trainor, Maren Morris, Ke-
song released last month hlani and British electronic
that she relapsed after six group Clean Bandit, whose
years of sobriety. On the current single "Solo" fea-
song "Sober," she sings the tures Lovato.
lyrics: "Momma, I'm so sorry Ellen DeGeneres tweeted
I'm not sober anymore/And that "it breaks my heart that
daddy please forgive me she is going through this.
for the drinks spilled on the She is a light in this world,
floor." and I am sending my love
In her YouTube documen- to her and her family."
tary released last year The singer-actress, who en-
called "Demi Lovato, Simply tered rehab in 2010, strug-
Complicated," she openly gled with an eating disor-
discusses her cocaine use der, self-mutilation and oth-
and battles with alcohol. er issues. She has spoken
Fox said it would pull its epi- out about her battles with
sode of "Beat Shazam" fea- drugs and alcohol over the
turing Lovato, which was to years, and she's become a
air Tuesday night. role model for young wom-
"We have decided to re- en and men who have
place the episode of Beat faced their own issues.
Shazam with another all- Lovato, who was a child
new episode. Our thoughts actress on the TV series
go out to Demi and her "Barney & Friends," broke on
family," the network said. the scene as a teen on the
Lovato was scheduled to Disney Channel film "Camp
perform in Atlantic City on Rock" and the network se-
Thursday. ries "Sonny with a Chance."