Demi Lovato Has Reportedly Been Hospitalized for an Apparent Heroin Overdose
Demi Lovato is reportedly in the hospital because of an alleged heroin overdose. On Tuesday (July 24), TMZ reported, the singer was rushed from a home in the Hollywood Hills to a hospital in Los Angeles, where she is currently being treated. TMZ reported that the news came from law enforcement” and states her condition is currently unknown. Us Weekly also confirmed the news via LAPD officer Ray Brown, who told the publication that authorities “responded to a home in Hollywood at 11:37 A.M. local time.”
In 2016, Lovato opened up to Glamour about her past substance abuse. “I felt an emptiness inside of me, and I reached for so many things—a person, a substance, a behavior—to fill that void,” she said at the time. “Getting sober was difficult. I went into rehab, I came out, and I didn’t stay sober. I still had issues occasionally. Now some days it’s difficult; some days it’s easy.”
Lovato celebrated six years of sobriety this March. “So grateful for another year of joy, health and happiness. It IS possible. ??,” she wrote on Twitter at the time. Then, in June, she released a song called “Sober” in which she appeared to refer to a relapse. “Momma, I’m so sorry/ I’m not sober anymore/ Daddy, please forgive me/ For the drinks spilled on the floor,” she sang in the song, adding “My truth” on Twitter.
This story is developing, and we will update as news becomes available.
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