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Lovato, 28, was promoting a new documentary on
Wednesday that she said would give full details of the
widely-publicized overdose that almost killed her.
"I had three strokes. I had a heart attack. My doctors said that
I had five to 10 more minutes," she said, in an excerpt of the
"Dancing with the Devil" documentary to be released on YouTube
on March 23.
Although the "Sorry Not Sorry" singer has spoken openly about
her addiction to drugs and alcohol in the past, she said on
Wednesday there was much that the public did not know about her
overdose and the pressures that led up to it.
In 2018, the former Disney Channel child star was found
unconscious at her home in the Hollywood Hills from an overdose,
reportedly of opioids laced with fentanyl. Only a few weeks
earlier she had released a song called "Sober" in which she sang
about relapsing after six years of sobriety.
"For the past couple of years, I've heard a lot of stories about
my life and what people think has happened. I wanted to set the
record straight and reveal it all for my fans," Lovato told
reporters on Wednesday in an online interview.
"I was left with brain damage and I still feel the effects of
that," she said, saying that she does not drive because of
blurry vision that can make reading difficult.
Lovato has said in the past that she suffered from eating
disorders and that she first started using cocaine when she was
17. She first entered rehab at the age of 18 and was diagnosed
with bipolar disorder.
The four-part documentary will include Lovato talking about past
traumas in her life and the pressures of conforming to
expectations in the entertainment business.
Lovato made her big public comeback at the Grammy Awards show in
January 2020, and she is now a spokesperson for the mental
health app Talkspace.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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