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Demi Lovato reveals regret behind life documentaries outlining struggles with addiction

Demi Lovato has revealed her regret behind producing a series of past documentaries that outlined her struggles with addiction and the impact it had on her musical career.

The 30-year-old has released three biopics over the course of the last decade, but has now explained why there are no plans to make any more.

Former Camp Rock star Demi accidentally overdosed on heroin in 2018, which reportedly left her 'five minutes from death' - according to her most recent production - Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil.

"Honestly, I'm really sick of watching myself, and I think other people probably are too. And if they aren't, then they can watch my music videos, the star told Alternative Press.

Demi suffered an accidental heroin overdose four years ago (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Image)

She continued: "I wish I would have waited until I had my s**t figured out more because now it’s cemented. Sobriety is what works for me and nothing else."

Demi, who claims she gave up substances altogether in 2019 before undergoing treatment for addiction, says she will continue to share her story with her fans by alternative means.

"My story's not done, so I want to be able to say by the time I've written a book, 'OK, this is me grown up,'" she added.

The Cool for the Summer star released her eighth studio album earlier this month which she describes a a return to her 'rock 'n' roll roots'.

One of it's track, '29', discusses her relationship at age 17 with 29-year old Wilmer Valderrama.

Demi has released three documentaries about her life in the past ten years (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Image)
Demi says she will still continue to share her story with her fans by other means (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Image)

She told the Call Her Daddy podcast : "I think sometimes the public needs the truth, and that’s why I decided to release … [this] single.

"I came out of treatment with anger, I came out of treatment with understanding and growth. It was a reflective song for me. Even though there [are] undertones of anger, I really learned a lot about that experience and I decided to write about it."

Former Disney star Demi has been using the they/them pronouns since coming out as non-binary in May 2021.

Demi released her eighth studio album earlier this month (Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
Non-binary Demi recently reverted back to she/her pronouns (Getty Images for OBB Media)

Now she has announced she's back to using she/her pronouns, after feeling more feminine this year.

She explained: "I felt like, especially last year, my energy was balanced in my masculine and feminine energy. So that when I was faced with the choice of walking into a bathroom and it said women and men, I didn’t feel like there was a bathroom for me because I didn’t feel necessarily like a woman, I didn’t feel like a man."

She added that she "just felt like a human".

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