Demi Lovato’s struggle with food is no secret and the star is now fuming over a joke about eating disorders on Disney Channel’s show Shake It Up. The former Disney darling took to Twitter about her beef: “I find it really funny how a company can lose one of their actress’ from the pressures of an EATING DISORDER and yet still make joke about that very disease. #nice.” Demi, 19, who entered rehab for bulimia and bipolar disorder last year, didn’t stop there. She added: “And is it just me or are the actress’ [on Disney Channel] getting THINNER AND THINNER…” referencing that she misses the days of Disney series like That’s So Raven and Lizzie McGuire starring fellow former Disney actresses Raven Simone and Hilary Duff who tout more “realistic” body types. Demi then sent one final message to her former employer: “Dear Disney Channel, EATING DISORDERS ARE NOT SOMETHING TO JOKE ABOUT.” (oopsie, Disney!)
In addition to reaching more than her five million followers, Demi’s rant clearly made it to Disney folks. Just a few hours later the company’s PR team attempted to extinguish the fire with two tweets directly to Demi: “@ddlovato – we hear you & are pulling both episodes as quickly as possible & reevaluating them” and “@ddlovato – It’s NEVER our intention to make light of eating disorders!” Disney ended up pulling the Shake It Up episode as well as an episode of another one of their shows So Random!. Clearly, an impressive display of getting “the man” to admit its mistakes! Disney’s quick actions proved to satisfy Demi. She tweeted: “@DisneyChannelPR thank you.” Here Demi more than satisfies in cute short shorts, a bold Jimmy Choo bag and retro-cool Ray Ban wayfarers. –rpuccia
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