Demi Lovato Cut Hair To ‘Free Herself’ From Gender Norms

Demi Lovato has revealed that she cut her hair to ‘free herself’ from ‘gender and s**uality norms’.

Lovato, 28, is an American singer, songwriter and actress who first found fame on the popular children’s TV show Barney & Friends.

The ‘Confident’ singer has gone on to appear in movies such as Camp Rock and Smurfs: The Lost Village.

The former child star has also released seven studio albums.

But recently, Lovato has been making headlines for opening up about her gender and s**uality – having lately come out as pansexual.

Here’s the sad real-life story of Demi Lovato…

Lovato’s fans are used to seeing the pop star with long, wavy brunette locks – but she is now sporting a short hairdo.

During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Lovato says she now feels ‘liberated’ following her latest haircut.

The ‘Heart Attack’ artist says: “I was so preoccupied trying to be the s**y feminine pop star that I just ignored who I am.

“I cut my hair because I just wanted to free myself of all of the gender and s**uality norms that were placed on me as a Christian in the South.”

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She adds: “When I cut my hair, I felt so liberated because I wasn’t subscribing to an idea or a belief placed upon me to be something that I’m not.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Lovato opens up about the pressures of growing up in the spotlight and how her parents struggled to discipline her due to her being a child star.

The ‘Really Don’t Care’ singer explains: “My parents, they did the best that they could.

“There’s no manual on how to raise a child star. And when the child star retorts back after the parent says, you know, ‘You’re grounded for sneaking out at three in the morning’, or whatever.

“I retorted with, ‘Well, I pay the bills, what are you gonna do? What are you gonna do to keep me grounded?’. And so it was challenging.”

Lovato’s career began on Barney & Friends when she was just eight years old.

Opening up about her early start, she says: “It was also really, really interesting. I started working on sets at eight years old on Barney & Friends. So I was around adults at eight years old, and I actually always got along better with adults than kids.

“For some reason that was just always me. So when I got around a lot of adults, like, I felt more comfortable. But the adults leave work and they go and have a drink, the kids, what do we do?

“It was this weird thing to think about, especially when you become a teenager in Hollywood, and your adult peers are, like I said, going to a bar after work or whatever, and you’re 17 thinking, ‘Well, what do I get to do to play?’.

“I had this mentality of like, if you’re gonna work me like, an adult, I get to party like one. But the reality was, adults weren’t partying like I was.”

You can watch the full Demi Lovato interview here. 

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