Demi Lovato Opened Up About Rehab During the Sonny With a Chance Reunion

Demi Lovato has reunited with her Sonny With a Chance costars during quarantine, and she used the opportunity to get very real.

On April 25, the singer opened up about rehab and her eating disorder while video-chatting with cast members including Tiffany Thornton, Allisyn Ashley Arm, Doug Brochu, and Sterling Knight from the Disney show and its spin-off series So Random! When asked what everyone has been up to since the original show ended in 2011, Lovato replied, "I went to rehab. Several times!"

Lovato could have left it with the quip, but she continued to share more about her recovery after entering rehab at 19 years old. "When I went away to treatment for the first time, I remember you were my biggest inspiration coming out of it," she told Thornton, per People. "You dealt with all of those pressures of being a woman on TV. I looked at that as 'I wish I had that so bad.' Yes, I probably was happier in my head with whatever I looked like at the time, but I'm so much happier now with the mentality that you have…. But you really inspired me a lot, and I hope that my future kids someday have the same mentality that you had at the end of the show."

Lovato went on to discuss how she's evolved since that period in her life. "I look back and I'm like, 'Man, it's a shame we wasted any energy thinking about what we wore on set.' I went to Will and Grace this time and I literally spent 10 minutes in the wardrobe room," she said. "My fittings used to be an hour. But now I'm just like, 'It doesn't matter. What I'm wearing doesn't matter to people.'"

Lovato continued to talk about how she felt "miserable" while filming the series. "I was so miserable and angry too because I felt like I was being overworked," she said, per the Hollywood Reporter, but she also had some wise words for anyone else starting out in the business. "I would just say, speak up for your needs, always tell the people around you how you feel," she said. "If you're tired, tell them you're tired. If you're sick, be honest about being sick and not feeling good. Just speak up for yourself." Honestly, that can be applied to most jobs.

"I felt bad because when I went back to Will and Grace, I was like, 'Gosh, I miss Sonny so much and I would do anything to re-create the set because I miss that environment, the fun times that we would have,'" Lovato added. "It was just so great. It definitely makes me question what I want to do in the future, more acting, more singing, or what."

Lovato recently opened up about her eating disorder on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and she continued the important conversation during this reunion. "I had an eating disorder and I was underweight and freezing," Lovato said. "I would have people over for meetings on my lunch breaks because that's how much I worked. People would come in, I'd be covered in a blanket, and people would say, 'Why is it 80 degrees in here?' I was like, 'Because I'm freezing.' They would be like, 'Oh my God, what's wrong with you?'"

In spite of the difficulties, Lovato made it clear she's down to work with everyone again...but maybe not on a Sonny reboot. "I had the best time with you guys and when I think about the show, I miss you guys," she said. "And I miss spending time with you and joking and going to Kitchen 24 on our lunch breaks…. If we were ever to do anything, I think we should just do a whole new thing."

Originally Appeared on Glamour