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Demi Lovato Opens Up About Battle With Drugs, Alcohol, Eating Disorder and Self-Harm: Most Troubled Ex-Disney Star?

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SLIDESHOW: Most Troubled Ex-Disney Star?

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Miley Cyrus

The "Hannah Montana" star has been chided for pole-dancing, smoking salvia, underage drinking and recently, apparently going out without underwear.
  1. Demi Lovato

    Demi Lovato

    Lovato has come a long way since 2010, when she was sent to rehab for "emotional and physical issues," including an eating disorder and self-harm. Now, she's opening up about her struggle with drugs and alcohol.

  2. Lindsay Lohan

    Lindsay Lohan

    The star of Disney's "Parent Trap" remake was recently removed from supervised criminal probation stemming from her two 2007 DUIs. Now, she's denying that she punched a woman at an L.A. nightclub.

  3. Britney Spears

    Britney Spears

    In 2007, the "Mickey Mouse Club" alum checked into rehab. The following night, she infamously shaved her head with electric clippers. Today, she's reportedly in talks to sign a $15 million "X Factor" deal.

  4. Miley Cyrus

    Miley Cyrus

    The "Hannah Montana" star has been chided for pole-dancing, smoking salvia, underage drinking and recently, apparently going out without underwear.

  5. Christina Aguilera

    Christina Aguilera

    Like Britney, Aguilera got her start in 1993 as part of "The Mickey Mouse Club." Last year, not long after announcing her divorce, the singer was taken into custody for public drunkenness.

  6. Vanessa Hudgens

    Vanessa Hudgens

    Hudgens was known as the squeaky-clean star of Disney's "High School Musical" when nude photos of her appeared online in 2007. In 2009, a new set of topless pics hit the Internet.

  7. Shia LaBeouf

    Shia LaBeouf

    In 2002, LaBeouf appeared on the Disney series "Even Stevens," followed by several Disney movies. In 2008, he was arrested at the scene of a car accident for drunk driving.

Demi Lovato Opens Up About Battle With Drugs, Alcohol, Eating Disorder and Self-Harm: Most Troubled Ex-Disney Star?
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Demi Lovato has come a long way since 2010, when she was sent to rehab to deal with "emotional and physical issues," including an eating disorder and self-harm. Now, the 19-year-old former Disney princess is opening up to the U.K.'s Fabulous magazine about her demons -- including her struggle with drugs and alcohol.




The singer and actress, who found fame as a result of Disney's "Camp Rock" movies and the sitcom "Sonny With a Chance," addresses rumors that she snorted cocaine.

"It's something I don't really want to talk about. What I can say is that I was depressed. I would come off stage in front of 18,000 people and suddenly be alone in a hotel room. I'd come crashing down and would try to find a way to recreate that feeling, to stay 'up.' Promoters gave me drugs and alcohol in restaurants or clubs," she says.

Pre-fame, Lovato reveals that school bullies led her to make herself sick. "They called me a whore and told me I was fat and ugly. I shouldn't have listened, but I took it to heart and it hurt. I thought maybe I didn't have friends because I was too fat," she says, adding, "I'd make myself sick up to six times a day."

She also dealt with serious self-harm issues. "It started with my wrists. People saw that, so I cut in places they couldn't see," she says.

Today, Lovato says she no longer drinks, but admits that she has self-harmed and made herself throw up since leaving rehab. "I've slipped up a few times, but each time I have learned from it, and it's become further apart," she confesses. From Lovato to Lindsay Lohan to Britney Spears, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who is the most troubled ex-Disney star?
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  • ShaySceneDeletion 2013/02/09 18:49:05
    Miley Cyrus
    ShaySceneDeletion
    So Corporate with her head in Daddy's crotch
  • chet 2012/11/01 01:37:44
    Lindsay Lohan
    chet
    Lindsay obviously....although there was a time it was Britney who was hogging it
  • Black Mohawk Man 2012/08/07 00:08:14
    Lindsay Lohan
    Black Mohawk Man
    Duh!!
  • zaakira 2012/07/14 23:58:59
    Lindsay Lohan
    zaakira
    Miley and Demi are not bad!
  • ♥♥♥"{$MiLeR}"♥♥♥ 2012/07/07 23:09:57
    Lindsay Lohan
    ♥♥♥"{$MiLeR}"♥♥♥
    Miley and Demi are NOT troubled!!!
  • JackWilfred 2012/06/29 17:57:54
    Lindsay Lohan
    JackWilfred
    Quite easily Lohan, but Miley has been going a bit crazy recently.
  • Tentimesinfinity 2012/06/06 02:01:27 (edited)
    Miley Cyrus
    Tentimesinfinity
    Lindsy lohan is close second
    Not Demi, though
  • ♥Almost_Alyssa♥ 2012/05/20 10:54:26
    Vanessa Hudgens
    ♥Almost_Alyssa♥
    demi lovato shouldnt even be on this list...
  • aprill fitriyah 2012/05/03 14:16:36 (edited)
    Lindsay Lohan
    aprill fitriyah
    +1
    I heard a lot trouble of lindsay lohan n all sounds gross,
    I adore demii who can share all of her trouble with people n give inspiration to be staystrong,
  • eric olsen 2012/04/30 15:17:58
    Miley Cyrus
    eric olsen
    I kind
    Of like
    think demi lovato was
  • Dave 007 2012/04/29 12:25:47
    Lindsay Lohan
    Dave 007
    Put them all in the same room and give them all the drugs they want. Maybe some of them will die of an overdose.
  • shola 2012/04/28 16:27:46
    Miley Cyrus
    shola
    She's weird
  • Sinister Ken Doll™ 2012/04/27 18:02:22
    Miley Cyrus
    Sinister Ken Doll™
    i feel bad for all of them except miley
    she's just a pothead
  • Nat™ 2012/04/27 12:06:25
    Lindsay Lohan
    Nat™
    She's a screw-up. She keeps effin' up, smh.
  • Happy_Evil_Dude 2012/04/27 10:42:01
    Lindsay Lohan
    Happy_Evil_Dude
    +1
    The saddest part is how much potential she had.
  • Wolverineland 2012/04/27 08:12:11
    Lindsay Lohan
    Wolverineland
    +1
    Demi Lovato has done alot of self destructive things but Lindsay Lohan has done alot of things that could have or did affect others with her bizarre off the charts behavior. lindsay lohan insane
  • sally 2012/04/27 02:12:51
    Lindsay Lohan
    sally
    +1
    People try to help her...They really do. She's supposed to be on Glee (even though the quality hasn't been the same since 2009 you can't deny its popularity), but what does she do? She ends up comming in three hours late, lashes out against some of the cast, and she had the nerve to come unprepared without memorizing her lines.

    Britney on the other hand has really tried to come back from her bad moments, she's managed to take care of her kids, maintain her figure, and give out great performances. Most of these troubled ex-Disney stars have made the best of the resources given to them to further their careers and make the best of the future...One can only get so many second chances.

    Something tells me Lindsey is done for soon.
  • LaiLaiHart 2012/04/27 00:16:06
    Lindsay Lohan
    LaiLaiHart
    +1
    lindsay lohan has skeletons that better not fall out of her closet, demi isnt that bad
  • SlashGashNightmare 2012/04/26 23:34:59
    Miley Cyrus
    SlashGashNightmare
    +1
    idk haha i don't like her.
  • ♌βļąƈʞƦơșƐ3033♌ 2012/04/26 22:59:31
    Lindsay Lohan
    ♌βļąƈʞƦơșƐ3033♌
    +1
    The others don't even compare.
  • markboy91 2012/04/26 22:33:16
    Lindsay Lohan
    markboy91
    I think some people are too dumb to realise that we're not 2007 anymore and Britney is back to the top... Miley Cyrus is not "troubled" either.
  • jere.chievres 2012/04/26 20:34:30
    Lindsay Lohan
    jere.chievres
    Actually Annette Funicello, the rest of those idiots brought it on themselves, she did not.

    Funicello announced in 1992 that she suffers from multiple sclerosis.[9] She had kept her condition a secret for many years, but felt it necessary to go public to combat rumors that her impaired ability to walk was the result of alcoholism. That same year, she was inducted as a Disney Legend.[10] In 1993, she opened the Annette Funicello Fund for Neurological Disorders at the California Community Foundation.
  • Tre 2012/04/26 12:00:51
    Lindsay Lohan
    Tre
    That bitch has snapped!
  • devon.stearns.lautner 2012/04/26 05:43:04
    Lindsay Lohan
    devon.stearns.lautner
    I'd have to go with Lindsay Lohan she's been doing the horrific stunts that I have ever seen even pushing herself to the limit, where she got fagitued but collapsed and got hauled off to the emergercy because she was more worried about her weight.. Demi Lovato not so much she's suffered from being bullied which brought the self esteem down on her, bullying is the worst ever out there. It can cause the cutting to weight loss (extremely dangerous for not eating etc) but Lindsay Lohan may have a lot more issues out of the rest of them.. Because I don't think I have even heard a story which got her that way to begin with from bullying. Then again its my opinion anyways!
  • PartyOnPartyTurtles 2012/04/26 03:40:55
    Lindsay Lohan
    PartyOnPartyTurtles
    You know you are having trouble when you duck face on accident.
  • tywon.smith 2012/04/26 01:22:46
    Lindsay Lohan
    tywon.smith
    Oh wow! They're all messed up these days! LOL!
  • Tennessee3501 2012/04/25 21:56:54
    Lindsay Lohan
    Tennessee3501
    I am rooting for all of them.
  • Ole SGT Joe 2012/04/25 18:58:27
    Demi Lovato
    Ole SGT Joe
    +2
    Take them all, sit them down and have them tell who supplied the drugs. Next, gather up these drug suppliers and at twelve noon this coming Saturday, lets hang them, one at a time, until the rest get the message - this will not be tolerated any more.
  • Little Fawn 2012/04/25 15:06:53
    Lindsay Lohan
    Little Fawn
    Oh, waaah, wah, wah, Demi, get over it. Your lavish lifestyle and millions MUST be so hard to cope with. #sarcasm
  • Flamingolady 2012/04/25 13:50:08
    Lindsay Lohan
    Flamingolady
    +2
    LL for sure. She keeps on and on getting breaks and keeps on breaking the rules. Lindsey Lohan on Mickey Mouse club
  • CAPISCE 2012/04/25 13:19:01
    Demi Lovato
    CAPISCE
    +5
    They are all a bunch of overpaid,attention seeking, high maintenance wack jobs
  • hrailey 2012/04/25 13:07:16
    Lindsay Lohan
    hrailey
    Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?
  • wulfsong 2012/04/25 12:43:04
    Lindsay Lohan
    wulfsong
    +1
    LiLo - no contest.
  • chaoskitty123 2012/04/25 12:40:37
    Miley Cyrus
    chaoskitty123
    +4
    I'd have to say Miley Cyrus because Britney seems to be on a come back and Lindsay seems more a victim of media coverage as most of her issues seem to be magnified as the media scores ratings when they report about her and the media coverage seems to make her matters more difficult for her to overcome. She does bring this on herself but then, if the only reason you are in the media is because you're in trouble... that would make it more difficult to have a normal career.

    Miley Cyrus seems to cause all her problems intentionally as the things she gets attention over seem orchestrated so that it is purposeful which she is more deserving of scorn than the rest for doing.

    But isn't it amazing how so many Disney stars lead troubled lives after leaving Disney or even while still employed by them... must be something in the water at Disneyland.
  • RoyJLores 2012/04/25 12:36:08
    Lindsay Lohan
    RoyJLores
    +1
    Lohan is the most troubled of them all by far, she has even been a jail bird none of the others have...
  • Maya Zauberman 2012/04/25 11:45:17
    Lindsay Lohan
    Maya Zauberman
    They're all troubled, but Lindsay Lohan takes the cake.
  • Юлия Чмелёва 2012/04/25 11:19:58 (edited)
    Lindsay Lohan
    Юлия Чмелёва
    +3
    Linsay Lohan  young  movie
    what happend to her?..
    Lidsay Lohan  drunk  photo
  • markboy91 Юлия Чм... 2012/04/26 22:36:29
    markboy91
    Oh a photo of Lindsay making a funny face with a glas of alcohol. She is so troubled! It's true that nobody in their 20s have photos of them with a glass of alcohol...
  • psiEnergos 2012/04/25 06:49:58
    Lindsay Lohan
    psiEnergos
    It's almost like the list was loaded on this one!
  • POWERSHAKER 2012/04/25 06:06:23
    Lindsay Lohan
    POWERSHAKER
    +1
    I'd say Lindsay has been the most troubled. She was plastered all over the news. Of course, maybe she's learned her lesson after all of that.

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