Demi Lovato Used to Lie to Friends So She Wouldn’t Have to Eat

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Disney star Demi Lovato recently completed a stint in rehab after battling an eating disorder, problems with self-harming and other issues. Now, Demi is working on her comeback, and has finally opened up on her struggle with food. The young star reveals that at the time, when she was working on the set of ‘Sonny With a Chance‘, she would put off eating and lie to friends so she wouldn’t have to have lunch. Demi commented:

“I had learned how to control and manipulate everyone around me into believing that I was OK. I’d go to work on my TV show and, instead of getting lunch, I would go get my nails done or go tan or nap or something… No one was grilling me.”

These days, Demi checks in with a friend who makes sure she has eaten each day. She doesn’t like having to be checked on, but knows it is a part of her recovery that she has to do:

“Sometimes, I still think to this day, ‘I wish I wasn’t so watched’.”