Demi Lovato Defends Her Sexy Stage Makeover: I'm Confident Enough to Wear It

The singer has been slammed for changing up her good girl image, and now, she's defending her sexy makeover once again.

"I'll have people who are like 'Stop talking about it,' but this summer I started wearing sexier stuff, and I got some hate for that, like, 'You've changed,'" she tells Allure in its February issue. "It's like, What's wrong with being confident enough to wear this?"

The pop star, who has been very vocal about her struggles with body image in the past, adds, "I've never felt as confident in my skin as I do today. A year ago, on tour, almost every inch of my body was covered by clothing, and it was because I was hiding behind so many layers."

"Once I started feeling better about myself, I felt better about showing more skin," she continues. "I have insecurities about my arms, so to wear a tank top on stage is extremely liberating for me, and uncomfortable sometimes. It's also a statement, like, 'Hey, watch out. You're no longer getting the insecure Demi that you've been getting for the past couple of years. I mean business now.'"

Lovato leans on her friends and family for support, and her boyfriend, Wilmer Valderrama, has helped her get through the toughest times.

"Wilmer is that person," she says.

While Demi recently has started to open up about her beau, she likes to keep some things private. "I don't want to alienate my love life from the public, because it's such a huge part of who I am. It's a balancing act. I can't always let people in as much as they feel like they deserve to be let in."

After the shoot was released, Demi took to Twitter to share a non-Photoshopped pic from the shoot. "BTS @Allure_magazine cover shoot.. #nophotoshop pic bc I'm proud to show my body the way it naturally is #CONFIDENT," she captioned the pic.

Alexi Lubomirski for Allure