Demi Lovato says it would be 'amazing' if media stopped writing about weight loss: 'It's not important'

Singer says headlines can have a 'triggering' response

Demi Lovato says media shouldn't focus on weight loss (Getty)

Demi Lovato has explained why she believes the media should not cover celebrity weight loss, explaining that the headlines can be “triggering”.

In a new interview with USAToday, the I’m Ready singer said: “What would be amazing is if people stopped writing about people's weight. It's not important.

“If you're a journalist and you have the temptation to write about Adele's weight loss, ask yourself: ‘Does this have a meaning behind it that's going to positively impact people?’”

According to the 28-year-old, who previously revealed she used to suffer from an eating disorder, articles about weight can be especially harmful during quarantine.

She also questioned why the media focuses on the weight of females in the spotlight rather than their accomplishments.

“A lot of people have gained weight during quarantine and sometimes it can have a triggering response when there's a headline of somebody losing weight,” she said, adding: “I just don't think it's necessary having headlines about women's weight. Why can't we have headlines about their accomplishments?”

This is not the first time Lovato has used her platform to call out media headlines that focus on weight. In 2019, the Sorry Not Sorry singer responded to a headline about her “fuller figure” on Instagram, writing: “I am more than my weight,” before explaining why the message could be harmful.

"Unlike the past, I'm not triggered, I'm not upset that someone wrote a headline about my 'fuller figure,'" she wrote. "I'm angry that people think it's okay to write headlines about people's body shapes. Especially a woman who has been so open about being in recovery from an eating disorder. I'm not upset for myself but for anyone easily influenced by the diet culture."

During the interview, Lovato also opened up about body acceptance and why the term body positivity isn’t always useful.

“It's an important distinction to make because when you're talking about self-love, you have to be realistic,” she told the outlet. “The common misconception is that even when you start working on yourself a little bit, you're fixed and it's better. But that's not necessarily true. It's a work in progress and you have to keep working at it.

“Body positivity kind of puts a label on it that makes you think it's always going to be happy-go-lucky, and it's not.”

The singer referenced her own relationship with “self-love,” which she said “ebbs and flows”.

“My relationship with self-love has grown so much, just because I realise that we all go through periods of time where things are difficult. It ebbs and flows and it's not always going to be perfect,” she said.