Demi Lovato: My time to heal.

Publication: People
Date: 2 May 2011

DisneyTeen™ Demo Lovato looked like she could be heading to gossip hell as of last November, but after three stories before Thanksgiving, there has been nothing until now and it's Easter week. Even better for her, the story is in People, a magazine that only very rarely trashes celebrities in crisis, especially if they are showing a good faith effort to get their lives in order.

Ms. Lovato now says she has bipolar disorder, following Catherine Zeta-Jones out of the mental illness closet.

Best wishes to the young lady, her family and friends.

Demon Drugs Alert™:Demi Lovato and coke

Publication: Weekly Life & Style
Date: 22 November 2010

It is a little odd to look at three different supermarket rags from the same week covering the same story and to have the word "Exclusive!" headlining one of them, which Weekly Life & Style does this week. They are the only magazine reporting on the stories that are all over the Internet about teen star Demi Lovato being a coke hound, so I would say they deserve the "Exclusive!" label, at least as far as this story goes in print.

This makes five cover stories in two weeks for Ms. Lovato. I'm pretty sure this is not the way she wanted to break out of the Disney teen ghetto.

Completely Vague Title Alert:Demi Lovato

Publications: People, OK!
Date: 22 November 2010

Fresh trash on Thursdays! Demi Lovato got her welcome to gossip hell with two supermarket rag covers last week, and she gets three covers this week. Two of the covers are not very specific.

People: Demi Lovato, Teen Star In Crisis
OK! Demi Lovato, What Went Wrong

This may blow over quietly or she might get inducted into the You So Crazy Hall Of Fame alongside so many other young women whose career paths started at Disney.

You So Crazy Alert™:Demi Lovato in rehab

Publications: People, Weekly Life & Style
Date: 15 November 2010

Welcome to gossip hell, Demi Lovato! The 18 year old star of Disney show Sonny With A Chance is in rehab for eating disorders and cutting and she makes two covers in the first week she gets any mention at all.

People: Demi Lovato Teen Star Breakdown
Weekly Life & Style: Why Demi Lovato is in Rehab

She is certainly not the first Disney teen star to get into the kind of trouble that makes her interesting to The Only Ten Magazines That Matter, but it should also be noted that she was a child star on Barney and Friends, which had to be traumatic.

Best of luck to her.