Demi Lovato has come out as nonbinary, a secret their 2018 overdose woke them up to.
The “Sorry Not Sorry” singer announced their truth on the first episode of the “4D with Demi Lovato” podcast Wednesday, telling fans that they will now be using they/them pronouns.
“Over the past year and a half I’ve been doing some healing and self-reflective work,” Lovato said.
“I feel that this best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression and allows me to feel most authentic and true to the person I both know I am, and am still discovering. In this first episode, I am excited to share with you what this means to me and what it may look like for other people. I want to make it clear that I’m still learning and coming into myself, and I don’t claim to be an expert or a spokesperson.”
Lovato, 28, pointed back to their July 2018 relapse, which landed them in the hospital for two weeks, and said they realized that they had been “ignoring my truth.”
“I was suppressing who I really am in order to please stylists, or team members, or this or that, or even fans that wanted me to be the sexy, feminine pop star in the, in the leotard and look a certain way, you know?” Lovato said on the podcast.
“I thought that was what I was supposed to be and now I just realize that it’s so much more important to live your truth than to ever suppress yourself because that’s the type of stuff that happens when you do.”
In late March, Lovato told controversial comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan that they identify as pansexual, joking that they are part of the “alphabet mafia” of the LGBTQIA+ community.
They also told Entertainment Weekly that they are “just too queer” to commit to a man right now after breaking off their engagement to actor Max Ehrich earlier this year.
“Regardless if drama is happening or not, I am too gay to marry a man right now,” they said. “I don’t know if that will change in 10 years and I don’t know if that’ll never change, but I love accepting myself.”
