Demi Lovato criticises Lady Gaga’s SXSW performance
By Josh Haggis
Demi Lovato has criticised Lady Gaga’s performance at South By Southwest (SXSW), telling fans that “eating disorders are not art”.
Gaga performed a set at the US music festival on Thursday night (March 13), during which she was spit-roasted, groped and even vomited on by a backing dancer who appeared to stick her fingers down her throat before bringing up a neon green liquid.
Heart Attack singer Lovato took to Twitter to voice her disapproval earlier today (March 15), writing: “Sad… As if we didn’t have enough people glamorizing eat disorders already. Bottom line, it’s not “cool” or “artsy” at all. Would you let someone bring a needle and shoot up on you? Addiction is addiction.”
She added later: “So it’s cool if I do a speech about self-harm and then proceed to watch someone cut themselves on my stage?”
Shortly after tweeting her criticism of Gaga’s performance, and receiving a flurry of angry tweets from the singer’s notoriously loyal fans, Lovato told her followers that her disappointment was not “shade”.
She said: “@LadyGaga you’re so talented, if not one of the most talented in the industry PERIOD. Dope is INCREDIBLE…but you don’t have to do that.”
“Ps I’m still a little monster myself.”
Lovato has suffered from bulimia in the past, and entered rehab back in 2010 to seek treatment for various issues including alcohol and drug addictions.