Demi Lovato Gives A Status Update On Past Friendships And Relationships

Demi Lovato might be hunkering down at residence now, nevertheless make no mistake: She's happy. Not only does she appear to be self-quarantining with rumored boyfriend Max Ehrich, yet in an interview with Harper's Bazaar out yesterday (April 14), the "Anyone" singer revealed that she finally feels "free." Segment of that freedom came with moving on from her past — including her six-year-long relationship with actor Wilmer Valderrama.


The former pair first met in 2010 as soon as the pop star was 18 years old. And yet Valderrama was 11 years her senior, the couple was beloved by fans everywhere, though they eventually called it quits in 2016. Nowadays, Valderrama is engaged to model Amanda Pacheco, and Lovato mentioned she's "really happy for him." "I wish him nothing yet the ideal she instructed them mag. Yet we're not in every other's lives, haven't spoken in a long time."


But those six years with each other weren't for nothing. Lovato learned a lot about herself because of their choice to go their separate ways. "I think I required that because I required to learn to be OK on my own," she mentioned. As soon as you get into a relationship with somebody at that young of an age and then you spend six years with somebody, you don't really get to learn about yourself." The breakup also showed Lovato — who identifies as bisexual — that she's not necessarily "looking for a gentleman who I'd like to have two or three kids with." "I'm open to anything," she said.


Romantic relationships aside, Valderrama isn't the only person from Lovato's past that she hasn't kept in contact with. Soon after revealing that she's no longer companions with the Jonas Brothers, she shared that she also lost touch with fellow Disney Channel alum Selena Gomez. Once you grow up with somebody, you're habitually going to have love for them," she mentioned. Yet I'm not companions with her, so it felt ... Will constantly have love for her, and I wish everybody nothing nevertheless the best."


But there really are some friendships that Lovato keeps it up and continues to hold dear. "I converse with Miley [Cyrus]," she mentioned. Recently, Lovato appeared on Cyrus's Bright Minded Instagram talk show. "She’s awesome, and I love her to death and routinely will, routinely have," she added. Yet I think she's sort of the only one from that era that I still reside in touch with."


Perhaps her strongest female friendship now, yet, is the one she shares with Ariana Grande. Both pop stars are managed by music mogul Scooter Braun, which has undoubtedly brought them closer with each other. "I love the fact that Ariana and I have such a cooperative friendship because it's hard to find," Lovato mentioned. "Two girls who are in a competitive industry — the complete world usually aspire to pit girls against each other, so it could be so easy to do that."


Despite friendships gained and lost, Lovato is currently taking life one step at a time. Any time you power through your life all day, each day for 10 years, you're ignoring all that pain or you're just trying not to self-destruct," she mentioned. "It's not really living." And while it's worth noting that Lovato sat down for this interview before whispers started surfacing online about her rumored relationship with Ehrich, she generally seems to be in a really excellent place. "I've never felt more loved," she mentioned. "Which is really cool because I'm single as all hell right now."