Demi Lovato hospitalised for drug overdose
LOS ANGELES: Pop star Demi Lovato ( pix) was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday after an apparent drug overdose but remained in stable condition, reports said.
A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman confirmed that emergency responders transported a 25-yearold woman from an address that matches Lovato’s to a hospital, but did not identify her by name or state her condition.
Celebrity news site TMZ released audio of an emergency call in which responders appear to say that Lovato is unconscious and revived with Narcan, a nasal spray used to treat opioid overdoses. People magazine quoted an anonymous source close to Lovato saying that the singer was in stable condition and that the overdose, while drugrelated, was not from heroin, as initially reported by TMZ.
Her representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
A former Disney child star, she has been open about her struggles with addiction, depression and eating disorders.
A documentary in 2012, Demi Lovato: Stay Strong, documents how she used to snort cocaine several times a day but found her way into rehab and back into a successful career.
But a month ago, she released a song entitled Sober, in which she appeared to indicate a relapse, opening with the line “I got no excuses for all these goodbyes.”
She apologises to her parents before singing in the chorus, “To the ones who never left me / We’ve been down this road before / I’m so sorry / I’m not sober any more.”
In a 2015 interview with fashion magazine Elle, Lovato said that she had felt suicidal thoughts from age seven, even while appearing as a cheery girl in Barney and Friends alongside Selena Gomez.
“I knew at a young age that some of my behaviours were a problem,” she said, but added: “I wasn’t in a place where I could quit by myself.”
Lovato, whose acting career has also included a role on Glee, has in recent years appeared to be on the mend with a new stable and assertive public image. – AFP