Trisha Paytas has come out to defend Demi Lovato as the singer announced that she was changing her pronouns back to she/her.
During an episode of her podcast, Just Trish, the former YouTube sensation spoke out in favor of the 'Cool for the Summer' singer and her decision to return back to her old pronouns.
"I was never a Demi Lovato hater but I kind of feel bad for her," the 35-year-old said. "I feel like she had so many issues but the more I found out about her, I'm kinda like she gets such a hard time."
Paytas then recalled her own experiences with exploring her gender identity.
Have a look at the clip below:"Like I still love [the] they\them [pronouns] - I love the idea of no one being gendered, like I love it so much," she continued. "...But I also get it, where she said it was confusing for some people so it's like I get that too.
"She's female presenting and stuff... cause people I know thought I was a joke when I did it or I was still joking or not serious about it."
However, the podcast episode got some backlash in itself as Paytas's co-host Oscar revealed some particularly negative opinions about Lovato.
"There were times I was really annoyed by Demi... like she would be annoying," they said.
The news comes after the former Disney Channel star announced that she would be going back to her she/her pronouns.
In a recent interview with GQ Hype Spain, she revealed that in reality, using both she/her and they/them pronouns just meant she didn’t have to constantly explain herself to people so she was fine with both.
"I constantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns. It was absolutely exhausting. And that is one of the reasons that have led me to also feel comfortable with the feminine pronoun," Lovato explained in the interview, translated from Spanish. "I just got tired. But for that very reason, I know that it is important to continue spreading the word."
Lovato elaborated, commenting on the challenges that society presents with practices like gender-labeled bathrooms and governmental forms.
"For example, in public toilets. Having to access the women's bathroom, even though I don't completely identify with it," Lovato said. "I would feel more comfortable in a genderless bathroom."
"[It] happens when filling out forms, such as government documents or any other where you have to specify your gender. You only have two options, male and female, and I feel like none of that makes sense to me. I see myself conditioned to choose a woman because there are no more (options). I think this has to change. Hopefully with time there will be more options," she added.
"Especially last year, my energy was balanced in my masculine and feminine energy," she continued. "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. I didn’t feel necessarily like a woman. I didn’t feel like a man. I just felt like a human."
In 2021, when Lovato first stated that she would be switching to they-them pronouns to better reflect her identity, she said that she knew it would be confusing for some people.
She took to Twitter, better known now as X, to tweet: "If you misgender me — that’s okay. I accidentally misgender myself sometimes. It’s a huge transition to change the pronouns I’ve used for myself my entire life. And it’s difficult to remember sometimes!"
We're just happy that Lovato is living her truth in whatever way she deems the most comfortable.
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