Demi Lovato's mother speaks about her daughter's overdose for first time
Lovato's mother spoke with daughter's blessing
Lovato's mother spoke with daughter's blessing
Lovato's mother spoke with daughter's blessing
Demi Lovato's mother Dianna De La Garza has opened up about her daughter's July overdose for the first time, speaking to 온라인 바카라 게임max TV about her finding out, seeing Demi for the first time at the hospital and Demi's status now.
De La Garza's interview was also meant to raise awareness about the opioids crisis in the U.S. and was done with Demi's blessing.
TMZ reported news of Demi's condition before De La Garza found out, she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I literally start to shake a little bit when I start to remember what happened that day,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she started. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I was actually looking at my phone and all these texts started coming in. Just text after text after texts. And I thought, 바카라 게임 웹사이트What is going on?바카라 게임 웹사이트"
The texts were from friends who had seen TMZ's report, de le Garza recalled.
"The first lines of these texts were saying, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I just heard the news, I바카라 게임 웹사이트m so sorry. I바카라 게임 웹사이트m praying for your family. I바카라 게임 웹사이트m praying for Demi.바카라 게임 웹사이트 I was in shock," she said. "I thought, what is going on? And someone said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I just saw on TMZ. I바카라 게임 웹사이트m so sorry. Please tell me it바카라 게임 웹사이트s not true.바카라 게임 웹사이트 And I mean, my heart just dropped. I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t know what I was looking at. And so I thought OK, I have to get on TMZ on Twitter and see what they바카라 게임 웹사이트re saying. And before I could get on TMZ to see what they were reporting, I got a phone call from Demi바카라 게임 웹사이트s assistant at the time, Kelsey.
"And I answered the phone and Kelsey was rambling like she had obviously been through something terrible, and she said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I need to tell you what바카라 게임 웹사이트s going on. You바카라 게임 웹사이트re going to see a report come out. Well, it바카라 게임 웹사이트s already come out.바카라 게임 웹사이트 And I stopped her and said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Kelsey, just tell me what바카라 게임 웹사이트s going on.바카라 게임 웹사이트 And the next words that came out of her mouth are words that are so difficult to hear as a parent. She said Demi overdosed. So I was in shock. I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t know what to say. It was just something I never, ever expected to hear as a parent about any of my kids. And I hesitated to ask but I had to ask her, I just remember it felt like the words took forever to come out of my mouth. I said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Is she okay?바카라 게임 웹사이트 And she stopped for a second and she said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트She바카라 게임 웹사이트s conscious, but she바카라 게임 웹사이트s not talking.바카라 게임 웹사이트 And so I knew at that point that we were in trouble.바카라 게임 웹사이트
De La Garza had her other daughter Dallas drive her to the hospital where Demi was, saying she didn't think she could drive herself.
"[My daughters] Dallas and Madison and I jumped out of the car at the emergency room and ran into the emergency room to be by her side. She just didn't look good 바카라 게임 웹사이트 at all. She was in bad shape. But I said to her, 'Demi, I'm here. I love you.' And at that point she said back to me, 'I love you, too.' So from that point on, I never allowed myself to think things weren't going to be OK."
De La Garza said the family didn't know "for two days if she was going to make it or not." She credited everyone's prayers and the team at Cedars-Sinai, the hospital where Demi was treated.
Today, Demi is seeking treatment and doing well.
"I can honestly say today that she's doing really well. She's happy. She's healthy. She's working on her sobriety, and she's getting the help she needs. And that in itself encourages me about her future and about the future of our family."
Watch the full interview here: