Demi Lovato Shares Story of How She Came Out to Her Parents
etonline.comDemi Lovato is recalling a pivotal moment in her life. While speaking to SiriusXM, the 30-year-old singer opened up about how she came out to her mom and stepdad.«I came from a Christian background and grew up queer and didn't tell people until I felt comfortable with it,» she said. «It took me until I was 25 to come out to my mom.
At the time I was bisexual and then I realized I was pansexual. It took me a while.»Lovato first spoke about her coming out conversation with her stepdad, Eddie De La Garza, which happened in 2015 when her song, «Cool for the Summer» was out.«I released 'Cool for the Summer' before I came out to my parents,» she said with a laugh, before reciting some of the song's «very obvious» lyrics such as «Got a taste for the cherry I just need to take a bite.»«It's, like, very obvious, but I didn't feel like I was ready,» she explained. «One day I was about to go to a show.
I was sitting on a plane and I was with my stepdad, who's basically my dad, and I was like, 'Hey, I need to tell you something.' I was like, 'I like girls too.' And he was like, 'Yeah, I know.
You have 'Cool for the Summer' out.'»As for her mom, Dianna De La Garza, Lovato said she «kind of had the same reaction in a way.»«I was getting ready to go on a date with a girl, and I didn't know if I would be photographed or what would happen and I really liked this girl.
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