"Recently, I've been feeling more feminine ..."
Demi Lovato has explained why she quietly updated her pronouns after previously identifying as non-binary.
Lovato made headlines after she updated her pronouns from "they/them" to "they/them/she/her" on Instagram back in April, but only just now opened up about the reason behind the change.
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View StoryAppearing on The Spout podcast, host Tamara Dhia asked Lovato to explain what it means to identify as "they/them," admitting she sometimes struggles with pronouns but wishes to be respectful.
"Yeah, so, they/them is, um, I've actually adopted the pronouns of she/her again," Lovato revealed. "So, for me, I'm such a fluid person that I don't really ... I felt like, especially last year, my energy was balanced in my masculine and feminine energy, so that when I was faced with the choice of walking into a bathroom and it said 'women' and 'men,' I didn't feel like there was a bathroom for me because I didn't feel necessarily like a woman. I didn't feel like a man. I just felt like a human."
"And that's what they/them is about for me. It's just about, like, feeling human at your core," Demi continued. "Recently, I've been feeling more feminine, and so I've adopted she/her again."
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View StoryLovato added that "nobody's perfect" and "everyone messes up" when it comes to pronouns -- reiterating that, at the end of the day, "it's just all about respect."
Back in May of last year, the artist announced, "I am proud to let you know that I identify as non-binary and will officially be changing my pronouns to they/them moving forward."
"There might be a time where I identify as trans. I don't know what this looks like for me," she added last August. "There might be a time where I identify as non-binary and gender nonconforming my entire life. Or maybe there's a period of time when I get older that I identify as a woman, I don't know what that looks like, but for me, in this moment right now, this is how I identify."