Demi Lovato and Keke Palmer realize how much they have in common as child stars, including some not-so-positive experiences.
During the last conversation on Dear, I’m Keke Palmer podcast, the two stars talked about the challenges of growing up in the entertainment industry at a young age. Palmer led the sitcom for Nickelodeon True Jackson, Vice President As a teenager, Lovato starred in a movie Camp Rock Disney Channel movies and sitcoms Sony with a chance.
“I just became the breadwinner for my family by proxy. Do you know what I mean? That’s exactly what happened,” Palmer recalls. “They had to help me with my career, and we’re seeing money like we’ve never seen before. That stress for me, especially not being able to process it, was a big motivating point. And then I never wanted to be sad or make anyone feel bad about it because I didn’t want them to feel stressed. And then not having as much time to have fun and be a kid.”
Lovato knew exactly where “The burps.” The actress was coming from. “I actually had this motto that was like, ‘If you’re going to work with me as an adult, I’m going to party as an adult.’ I got into some bad stuff at a young age,” she said, referring to her past struggle with substance abuse.
Despite being teenagers, they agreed that other people their age couldn’t relate to their adult lifestyle and work hours, which led them to seek out connection with people much older.
“I found myself dating. I’m 15, why was my boyfriend 20?” Palmer narrated. “We were trying to find outlets and a way to address this.”
“Why was my boyfriend 30? … No one at our age can understand. But then you look back — when I turned 30, I was like, ‘This is not good,'” Lovato replied.
Palmer recalled that he thought such age-gap relationships were “normal in my mind” at the time because you were “mature for your age,” but he now realizes how inappropriate they were.
“The moment you realize, and you get to the age of a lot of people who have been around you and doing things, it’s almost like a mental break that can happen,” she said. “Because you realized you were taking advantage of me.” “Oh, I’m being taken advantage of.” When I was 15, I was thinking: “My boyfriend is older, because I’m doing an older job… and that’s the way it is.” “It seemed natural to my mind.”
the no The actress later shouted out Hilary Duff’s new song “Mature” from her recently released album, Luck… or something. “I love the Hilary Duff song she came out with,” Palmer said. “It’s like, ‘Oh my God, we’ve all lived the same damn life.’ People kept telling us, “You’re too mature for your age!”
Duff, who also starred on the Disney Channel show growing up Lizzie McGuireIt was said recently luster That her song “Mature” was “about a relationship I had… with someone older than me, and it wasn’t illegal, but it’s inappropriate when you have so much time away from her.”
Lovato linked up with Duff’s song, telling Palmer that she also wrote a single called “29,” about her ex-boyfriend’s age transition around the time they started dating as a teenager. It was released in 2022. Lovato is now married to songwriter Jordan “Goats” Lutz.
