Demi Lovato got candid about their sexuality while making an eye-popping display.
The 33-year-old singer - who recently reacted to BFF Selena Gomez's engagement - opened up about the importance of queer spaces in a candid cover story interview with Paper Magazine.
In the pages of the publication, the star put on a rather sultry display by going braless in a very racy, sheer polka dot top.
Demi - who uses both she/her and they/them pronouns - talked about her connection to queerness and club culture as they came out as nonbinary in May 2021.
The star said: 'My connection with queer club culture is ... I love going out with my friends. I love dancing, and I love doing that in queer spaces because it feels safe to me.
'If I were to go to a straight club, it just doesn't feel as safe. I feel there's more danger. I feel like when I go to a queer space, I know that I'm with my friends. I'm know I’ll have a great time. I just have always felt safer in queer spaces, and I think that's because queer people have a way of living so authentically that it makes me feel like I can live authentically.'
Demi was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico before growing up in Dallas, Texas and got candid about the struggle of being their authentic self.
She said: 'Being queer myself, having people around me that make me feel safe to be myself is something I always longed for as a kid in Texas. I’m sure you know how that feels. As a queer kid in Texas, I had a lot of religious shame around coming out, and I think that's because growing up in the Bible belt … or maybe Texas isn’t in the Bible belt, but you know what I mean. Same thing.
'So now I get to go out, and I get to live authentically and be myself, and it feels amazing. I'm celebrating with my music, too, you know? I went to a queer party and played Kiss. I wanted to share it with my fans first. It went really great. I’m so happy with how everyone loved it.'
Meanwhile, fans have been obsessing over newly-married Demi's glowing new look, insisting she's 'in her best era yet' after overcoming addiction battles, a devastating break-up in 2021 and a nervous breakdown in 2011.
Her remarkable transformation has been the talk of the town since she hit the stage last month with her ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas on the Jonas Brothers.
Fans say Demi has 'never looked and sounded better' while also noticing how 'happy and healthy' she appeared.
One fan said it was 'emotional' to see Demi look 'so happy, in tune with herself and just healing nicely', after a string of hardship.
The tweet read: 'After everything demi has been through, and after being a fan of hers for so long, it is so f****** emotional to see her so happy, so in tune with herself, and just healing nicely. she deserves the absolute world'.
Other fans added on X: 'Demi making new music, in peace with herself and her past, reunited with the jonas, looking amazing, in love... WHAT A TIME TO BE A LOVATIC',
'Hearing demi lovato singing "I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be" in 2025 being the best and happiest version of herself is everything I ever wanted and needed btw',
'i will always be so endlessly proud of demi. she’s truly healed and nothing and no one can ever take that away from her. it’s the most beautiful thing in the whole world to witness',
'Demi lovato ’s new era has officially started',
'I HAVE NO WORDS, THIS IS HER BEST ERA SINCE BTW, I AM SHAKING OMG'.
The singer revealed she turned to drink and drugs as a pre-teen because she had been 'bullied and was looking for an escape'.
The former child star told how she would regularly steal alcohol from her stepfather through her teenage years, before turning to cocaine when she was 17, which she 'loved too much'.
Demi was sober for six years from the age of 20 to 26, but suffered a near-fatal overdose in 2018, causing her to be legally blind and brain damaged, after having a heart attack and three strokes while in hospital.
And 15 years later, Demi returned to the stage with her ex Joe and his bandmates to mark her incredible transformation.
Demi captioned a reel of the pair together, 'For the history books,' tagging into the post her ex Joe, who went on to have two daughters with ex-wife Sophie Turner, 29 - Willa, four, and Delphine, two.
The Cool for the Summer songstress since May has been married to musician Jordan Lutes, 34.
In 2021, she said her short-lived engagement to Ehrich, who popped the question after four months of dating, gave her a 'false sense of security.'
'I really had myself fooled, because it was the safe and expected thing,' she told Entertainment Weekly. 'Obviously I cared deeply about the person, but there was something inside of me that was like, 'I have to prove to the world that I'm okay.'
'I just don't need an object on my finger to make me feel like I've got my s**t together,' she noted. 'It looks like stability, but it doesn't mean that it is. And I don't actually grow through stability. I find that I like living not in chaos or crisis, but in fluidity.'
Demi met Max in March 2020 and they began quarantining together immediately, got engaged that July, and then abruptly split in September.
Three years later, Demi, who identifies as non-binary, revealed that she decided to re-adopt she/her pronouns in addition to they/them pronouns.
'I constantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns. It was absolutely exhausting,' Demi told GQ Hype Spain. 'I just got tired. But for that very reason I know that it is important to continue spreading the word.'
Lutes did not mind seeing his wife reunite with her ex-boyfriend onstage, as he showed support for his spouse via multiple Instagram posts.
In the thread of the comment section adjacent to Lovato‘s reel, Lutes posted three hysterical emojis and four emojis of clapping hands, signalling his love for Lovato amid the high-profile outing.
Lutes also took to Instagram Stories to say that he 'couldn’t be more proud' of his spouse.
Lutes captioned a clip of his wife heading to the stage to perform: 'I love you soooo much baby.'
