Demi Lovato criticises ‘weight loss compliments’ as they make powerful statement: ‘I am more than the shell for my soul that is my body’

Demi Lovato made a powerful statement as they urged people not to ‘compliment someone on their weight loss’ as it is ‘harmful’.

The star, who recently came out as non-binary, said that it doesn’t come across as positively as people think.

They wrote on Instagram: ‘Idk who needs to hear this but complimenting someone on their weight loss can be as harmful as complimenting someone on their weight gain in regards to talking to someone in recovery from an eating disorder.

‘If you don’t know someone’s history with food, please don’t comment on their body. Because even if your intention is pure, it might leave that person awake at 2am overthinking that statement…

‘Does it feel great? Yeah, sometimes. But only to the loud ass eating disorder voice inside my head that says “See, people like a thinner you” or “If you eat less you’ll lose even more weight.”‘

The Skyscraper singer continued: ‘But it can also sometimes suck because then I start thinking “Well damn. What’d they think of my body before?”

‘Moral of the story: I am more than the shell for my soul that is my body and everyday I fight to remind myself of that, so I’m asking you to please not remind me that that is all people see of me sometimes.’

The 28-year-old previously opened up about the ‘fluidity I feel in my gender expression’ in an honest and open message on Instagram and Twitter.

Demi told artist Alok Vaid-Menon: ‘There’s nothing more freeing for me than to be unattached to a role that society wants me to play. I fully believe that gender is just another boundary that separates humanity from divine wisdom.

‘There might be a time where I wanna wear a full wig, there might be a time where I want to dress completely femme presenting. That doesn’t mean that in that moment, I’m identifying as a woman, it just means that’s what I want to wear in that moment.

‘I want people to understand that just because I’m non-binary, doesn’t mean I’m not going to dress the way I want.’

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