Demi Lovato doesn’t have many regrets in life as her past made her become the strong person she is today. However, if there’s one thing she could take back it’s her scary 2018 overdose that almost turned fatal.
During a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live, the singer revealed that she’s still suffering from her near-fatal overdose as it left her with vision and hearing impairment:
Before going into more detail she explained to the host, “I wouldn’t change my path because I don’t have any regrets. The closest thing that I get to a regret is when I overdosed and I wish somebody had told me, one, that I was beautiful because I didn’t believe it,” Lovato shared. “And two, I wish that someone would’ve told me that if you just sit with the pain, it passes.” She went on to say, “That overdose caused me a lot of – it actually caused a disability. I have vision impairment and hearing impairment to this day,” the 30-year-old said before admitting that she doesn’t drive anymore due to “blind spots in [her] vision”.
“Anytime I look at something — like, I have blind spots in my vision when I look at your face. And so it’s a constant reminder to stay on the right path because I never want that to happen again,” she continued sharing.
Despite that, her scary moment also serves as a reminder “that I came close to it being so much worse, and I’m grateful that it is only what it is.”
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Demi is now gearing up to take the Rock world by storm. On July 14 she rereleased a rock version of their 2017 single “Sorry Not Sorry,” featuring Slash. The song will feature in her upcoming collection of reworked hits from throughout their career. The upcoming album titled “Revamped,” is expected to drop on Sept. 15.
She told Cohen on the show, “I got sober, and I was reevaluating everything in my life, including my music, and I was like, ‘What makes me happy?'” Lovato told Cohen. “Like, that’s the most important question. And I was like, ‘What makes me happy is listening to rock music and performing rock music.”
Now although she will be switching over, she’s not completely leaving the pop space. She explained to the host. “I never say never because you never know what’ll happen, but I’ve just been really influenced by rock music, and it’s what I have fun performing live. Like, I don’t have fun dancing on stage anymore.”