Demi Lovato Leaves Disney's Sonny With A Chance

By Margaret Hartmann  |  April 20, 2011 | 12:04am
CelebritiesDirt Bag

The Disney Channel announced today that Demi Lovato won’t be returning to Sonny With A Chance. “It made sense for me to go ahead and leave the show to focus on my music,” Lovato says. “It’s kind of sad for me that a chapter of my life has ended but there couldn’t be a better time for me to move on.” She adds, “I don’t think going back to Sonny would be healthy for my recovery … being in front of a camera would make me nervous.” [People]
In a 20/20 interview, Lovato says she feels “horrible” about attacking her back up dancer and discusses her treatment for cutting, bulimia, and other emotional issues. She says she started cutting at 11 as, “A way of expressing my own shame, of myself, on my own body.” She adds, “I was matching the inside to the outside. And there were some times where my emotions were just so built up, I didn’t know what to do. The only way that I could get instant gratification was through an immediate release on myself.” [TMZ]

Today Charlie Sheen lost his battle against Brooke Mueller for full custody of their twins. Mueller will maintain primary legal and physical custody despite her drug relapse. [Radar]

Today Jill Zarin said of her new look, “I have not used any plastic surgery, but I will let you know what I have had done … I go to Dr. Pat Wexler, she’s like the best. What she does is a liquid facelift, which is different than a real facelift.” She explains that the doctor, “injects Restalyne on the side [of your face] and it gives you a pull so you don’t fill in the smile lines, because that’s too inaccurate.” [E!]

  • Christopher Nolan has officially cast two Inception stars in The Dark Knight Rises. Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play cop John Blake and Marion Cotillard will play Miranda Tate, a board member at Wayne Enterprises. [NYT]
  • Isla Fisher is in talks to play Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby. [N.Y. Mag]
  • Ben Affleck won’t be appearing in the film due to scheduling conflicts. [Deadline]
  • White House party crasher Machaele Salahi‘s nude photos didn’t make the cut for Playboy magazine, but the company will post them online. [TMZ]
  • Vanessa Hudgens‘ rep says the white substance she was seen ingesting at Coachella was melted white chocolate, not coke. [Us]
  • Very sad: Elisabeth Sladen, who played Sarah Jane Smith on Doctor Who, died of cancer yesterday at 63. [AP]
  • Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill says the band holds “no grudes” against Glee or Ryan Murphy. He adds, “I’ll just be glad when I can check my Google alerts and don’t have to read anything about us and Glee. That’ll be a wonderful feeling.” [E!]
  • When asked about her baby’s gender, Tina Fey said, “We’re going to find out…never. Not even after it’s born. I’m just going to see what it chooses to wear to prom.” [Us]
  • Kimora Lee Simmons claims she was misquoted in a PopEater story. She says, “That story quotes me as saying ‘I don’t eat.’ Well, I had said, ‘I don’t eat bags of Doritos and cheeseburgers like I used to,’ but the writer ended the quote at, ‘I don’t eat.’ That’s irresponsible reporting. It really upset me because it’s not at all my message, and I want people to know that. I’m first and foremost a mother and a wife, and I’m raising three kids, and I want them to grow up to have a healthy sense of self.” [N.Y. Mag]

    •  
    Join the discussion...