All is not perfect between Disney superstars Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus. Lovato recently opened up about her friendship with Cyrus, claiming that at times the two have a contentious relationship.
Lovato stated, “[Miley] and I are strong headed. When we fight it’s brutal and we’re like, ‘We’re never going to be friends again!' Then two days later, we’re like, ‘I love you and I miss you!’”
However, Lovato argues that Cyrus will always be a fixture in her life because of the experiences they have shared. In November 2010, Lovato entered rehab. She specified, “I’m not gonna lie. I was self-medicating. I was doing things like drinking and using [drugs], like a lot of teens do to numb their pain.”
She added, “[But now] I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs, I don’t throw up after my meals, I don’t starve myself. There’s nothing that I do that I feel ashamed of.”
Recently, Lovato has been critical of Disney and their humor with respect to body image issues. On the show Shake It Up, a character remarked, “I could just eat you up, well, if I ate.”
In response, Lovato tweeted, “What are we promoting here? #notfunnyATALL. I find it really funny how a company can lose one of their actress’ from the pressures of an EATING DISORDER and yet still make [a] joke about that very disease.”
A Disney representative responded to Lovato’s concerns via Twitter, writing, “We hear you & are pulling both episodes as quickly as possible & reevaluating them... It's NEVER our intention to make light of eating disorders!”