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Demi Lovato, Eating Disorders, and Bullshit Entitlement

When weaponising your social media following backfires

Pete Williams
5 min readMay 6, 2021

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In case you haven’t noticed, Demi Lovato seems to be constantly attempting to insert herself into the cultural landscape at the moment. When she’s not talking about her struggles, her sexuality and her past, she’s writing songs about Trump and acting like she’s some kind of warrior, saying “I literally don’t care if this ruins my career.”

Ah Demi, you’re so brave, I’m sure writing a protest song about Trump is going to kill your career in the entertainment industry.

Her latest attempt at relevance and lecturing regular society occurred just a few days ago at, of all things, a frozen yoghurt shop — the Bigg Chill in LA. Lovato’s beef with the frozen yoghurt shop is that they had diet options there — stuff without sugar and flour. Apparently it was “triggering” for her:

“Finding it extremely hard to order froyo from @thebiggchillofficial when you have to walk past tons of sugar free cookies/other diet foods before you get to the counter,” she wrote.

“You can carry things for other people while also caring for another percentage of your customers who struggle DAILY just to even step foot in your store. You can find a way to provide an inviting environment for…

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