Demi Lovato turned blue and was minutes from death following her accidental heroin overdose.
The double-Grammy nominated singer and former Disney child star, 29 – who has recently adopted she/her pronouns again after coming out as non-binary in May 2021 – was found at her home in Los Angeles during the 2018 incident.
She has since struggled to come to terms with the severity of it.
The Solo chart-topper explained: ‘When they found me, I was turning blue and the doctor said I had five to 10 more minutes left. If no one had come in, I wouldn’t be here today.’
‘Recovery is a lot. And with time, comes trust. It was a learning experience of, “OK, people are going to have to learn to trust you again,”’ she was quoted in The Sun’s Bizarre column as saying.
‘The only way they can do that is by you proving yourself. Not just talking but taking actions. My family is incredible. Do they worry to this day? Absolutely,’ she added.
The star also admitted that the ‘suffering’ she put them through was ‘never going to go away’.
After the overdose, Demi had three strokes, resulting in brain damage, and a heart attack.
She told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 as she releases her eighth album Holy Fvck she now suffers from ‘survivor’s guilt’ after seeing celebrities such as Ariana Grande’s ex-boyfriend Mac Miller die as a result of an overdose.
Miller was found dead in his San Fernando home in September 2018 at the age of 26.
‘I’ve lost friends that were around my age, and those hurt so deeply,’ Demi shared.
‘I had a lot of survivor’s guilt after my overdose because right after that Mac Miller died and it just put everything into perspective for me of what could have been.’
The star has since returned to rehab as part of a ‘regular check-in’, completing a stint at the end of last year.
The I Love Me singer is now said to be happy in a new relationship with musician Jute$, 29, with the pair seen leaving Haswell Green’s pub in Manhattan, New York City, on Wednesday hand-in-hand.
Earlier in August, Demi updated her Instagram bio to read ‘they/them/she/her’, saying that she was ‘such a fluid person’ following her initial decision to exclusively use ‘they/them’.
The star said she had been ‘feeling more feminine’ recently, hence the change.
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