In an interview with NewsMax on Tuesday, Demi Lovato‘s mother, Dianna De La Garza, bought emotional and opened up in regards to the singer’s alarming overdose in July.
Touching on Demi’s well-known battle with dependancy, De La Garza shared how the expertise modified her perspective, saying, “From that time on, I by no means allowed myself to suppose that issues wouldn’t be OK.”
De La Garza, who detailed her household’s battles within the memoir Falling With Wings: A Mother’s Story, says she first realized of Lovato’s overdose by means of a cellphone name from the singer’s then-assistant, Kelsey Kershner. “She said, ‘Demi overdosed,’” De La Garza recalled. “I was in shock. I didn’t know what to say. It was just something that I never, ever expected to hear as a parent, about any of my kids. I hesitated to ask, but I had to ask her — I remember it just seemed like the words took forever to come out of my mouth. I said, ‘Is she OK?’”
De La Garza recalled how Kershner stopped for a second earlier than informing her that Lovato was acutely aware however not talking. “That’s when I knew we had been in hassle.” she added.
“We bought there as rapidly as we may. We jumped out of the automotive and bumped into the emergency room to be by her facet and he or she simply didn’t look good in any respect. She was in dangerous form, however I stated to her, ‘Demi, I’m right here; I really like you.’ And at that time she stated, ‘I love you too.’” De La Garza emotionally remembers.
Over the following few days, whereas Lovato was in vital situation, De La Garza says she relied on her religion to assist her daughter make it although. “We simply didn’t know for 2 days if she was going to make it or not.”
The “Sorry Not Sorry” singer remained within the hospital for greater than per week earlier than she was launched on Aug. four to enter an in-patient therapy facility, later going to Chicago for additional therapy.
“I can honestly say today that she is doing really well. She’s happy, she’s healthy,” De La Garza affirms. “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.”
