"I actually had this mantra that was like, if you're going to work me like an adult, I'm going to party like an adult. I feel like people don't understand that that's what we was dealing with, you know? I found myself dating. I'm 15. Why is my boyfriend 20?"
"Nobody our age could understand. But then you look back in hindsight-when I turned 30, I was like, 'That's not OK.'"
"[When] I laid eyes on him for the first time, I was in hair and makeup and he came in and sat down and I was like 'I love this man' and 'I have to have him.' But I was only 17, so he was like, 'Get away from me.'"
Demi Lovato, now 33, has reconsidered her six-year relationship with Wilmer Valderrama that began when she was 17 and he was 29. During an appearance on Keke Palmer's podcast, Lovato discussed the pressures of being a child star treated like an adult, which led her to adopt an "if you're going to work me like an adult, I'm going to party like an adult" mentality. She acknowledged dating significantly older men during her teenage years, specifically referencing her relationship with Valderrama without naming him. This represents a significant shift from her 2017 documentary where she described their meeting as "love at first sight." Lovato stated that upon reaching 30, she realized the age gap relationship was inappropriate, contrasting sharply with her previous public defense of the relationship.
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