Demi Lovato's 2018 overdose triggered three strokes and a heart attack, Lovato shares in the trailer for her documentary "Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil."
By Li Cohen
February 18, 2021 / 7:14 AM / CBS News
Demi Lovato is opening up about the grim and painful realities of suffering from addiction and mental health conditions. In a trailer for her new YouTube docu-series, released Wednesday, Lovato revealed that the overdose she experienced in 2018 caused her to have three strokes and a heart attack. I ve had so much to say over the past two years wanting to set the record straight about what it was that happened, the actress and singer said at the beginning of the trailer.
The four-part documentary, Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, focuses on Lovato s personal and professional life leading up to and after the overdose she experienced in July 2018.
Demi Lovato on life after 2018 overdose: I m proud of the person I am today
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Demi Lovato is “so proud” of the person she is today after her 2018 overdose.
The 28-year-old singer suffered a near-fatal overdose in July 2018 when she was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious in her home.
And after spending time in a rehabilitation centre and a sober living facility, Demi has now said she’s learnt and grown from her “painful journey” to become a person she’s “proud” of.
Speaking to People magazine at a Television Critics Association panel ahead of the release of her new YouTube Originals documentary ‘Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil’, she said: Everything had to happen in order for me to learn the lessons that I learned. It was a painful journey, and I look back and sometimes I get sad when I think of the pain that I had to endure to overcome what I have, but I don t regret anything.
American pop star Demi Lovato says her 2018 overdose led to three strokes and a heart attack. Demi Lovato was 25 when she was hospitalised after being found unconscious at her Hollywood Hills home.