[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذه الصورة]Demi Lovato has a secret to share: Growing u
p wasn’t always easy for her
.
“I had a really tough time when I was in middle school,” the X Factor
judge, 20, tells PEOPLE. “People would write ‘hate petitions’ [about
me] and send them around to be signed. They’d have CD-bashing parties of
my demos. They’d come to my house, stand across the street and yell
things. It was a very emotional time for me, and all I wanted to do was
get away.”
It was so bad, in fact, that Lovato believes it’s part of what led
her to seek treatment for issues like an eating disorder and cutting
nearly two years ago.
“Back then, there were times I didn’t think I’d be able to move on,” she admits.
Fortunately, Lovato has made it to the “other side,” and is now
drawing on those painful experiences as the new ambassador for Secret’s
“Mean Stinks” campaign, encouraging girls to “gang up for good” to end
bullying in schools.
“I heard about the program last year, and thought it was such a great
opportunity,” Lovato says. “They’re really trying to put an end to
bullying.”
Thursday morning, the star surprised students at New York City’s
Young Women’s Leadership School to talk to them about the program, which
asks girls to pledge to have a “Drama Free School Year” by making a
pinky swear, symbolized by wearing blue nail polish on their pinky
fingers.
“I’ll definitely be wearing [the nail polish] starting soon,” Lovato
says. “It’s a conversation starter: ‘Hey, why is your pinky blue?’ ‘This
is a pinky promise that I’m not going to bully people, that me and my
friends are ganging up for good.’ ”
To help, Secret will donate $1 (up to $150,000) from the purchase of
every Mean Stinks Clinical Strength deodorant to the cause. Learn more
about the program on Secret’s Facebook page.
