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Growing up as a child star was not always as fun as it seemed, at least not for Demi Lovato<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The 31-year-old singer made her television debut on the popular children\u2019s show Barney & Friends<\/em>. On this show, she met her now-former Disney colleague Selena Gomez<\/a><\/strong>. Starring in the purple dinosaur\u2019s show allowed her to pave her way into Disney, where she starred in the movie franchise Camp Rock<\/em> at the age of 15.<\/p>\n As she released three films alongside her co-stars, the Jonas Brothers <\/strong>\u2014 formed by Joe<\/a><\/strong>, Nick<\/a><\/strong>, and Kevin Jonas<\/a><\/strong>\u2014 the \u201cHeart Attack\u201d singer became not only an actress but also took on another career, singing, requiring her to juggle multiple jobs during her teenage years. In addition to this, she starred in the Disney Channel TV series Sonny With a Chance<\/em>. She now recalls these memories as \u201ctraumatic.\u201d She shared with\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/i><\/a> on Wednesday, August 14: \u201cI think I\u2019d passed the threshold of what I could withstand emotionally and physically\u2026 And I didn\u2019t realize that child stardom could be traumatic\u2014 and it isn\u2019t traumatic for everyone, but for me, it was.\u201d<\/p>\n During the late 2000s, when Disney Channel was at its peak with stars like Miley Cyrus, <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Raven Symone<\/a><\/strong>, and Dylan<\/a><\/strong> and Cole Sprouse<\/a><\/strong>, Demetria Devonne Lovato\u2014her birth name\u2014had already been introduced to drugs and alcohol. During these times, she was suffering in silence.<\/p>\n Demi shared during an interview with Today<\/a><\/em> in 2022, \u201cMy mom didn\u2019t think she\u2019d have to lock up the opiates from her 13-year-old daughter, but I was already drinking at that point\u2026 I had been bullied [and] was looking for an escape. When my mom saw how many of the pills had disappeared and how fast they did, she took them away [and] locked them up.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cHere We Go Again\u201d singer went on to tell The Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0that she feels bad, now looking back, about the way she mistreated some of the crew members on set, particularly in the wardrobe department, due to the \u201cbad moods\u201d she experienced during that time. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to excuse that behavior because I was so young and in so much pain, but I\u2019m really remorseful, and that\u2019s a guilt that stays with you forever,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n