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Teen idol is treated for 'emotional and physical issues'

November 17 - 23, 2010
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TROUBLED teen idol Demi Lovato has pulled out of a concert tour and gone into rehab for what were described as long-standing 'emotional and physical issues'.

"Demi decided to seek help for emotional and physical issues she has battled throughout her life," Lovato's spokesman Jesse Derris said in a statement.

Representatives for the 18-year-old star of Disney Channel's Sonny with a Chance TV show and the Camp Rock movies said last week that she was bullied in school and had a history of eating disorders and self-harm issues.

But the US celebrity media has been awash with further speculation about Lovato's sudden withdrawal from public life in the midst of a Latin American tour with pop group The Jonas Brothers.

Her troubles are seen as echoing the downfall of former Disney child actress Lindsay Lohan - currently in drug rehab for a fifth time after spending the summer in jail - and the transformation of Miley Cyrus, 17, from squeaky clean Hannah Montana star to a maker of raunchy pop music videos that have recently caused controversy.







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