Demi Lovato reveals how she came out to her parents and says her dad knew after listening to her song 'Cool for the Summer', Business Insider - Business Insider Singapore

• Demi Lovato spoke about her experience coming out to her parents on Thursday’s episode of SiriusXM’s “Radio Andy” with Andy Cohen.
• When the singer officially told her parents in 2017 that she didn’t know if she’d end up with a man or a woman, Lovato said her father wasn’t surprised.
• “Yeah, obviously,” she recalled him responding. “Hello? ‘Cool for the Summer.'”
• She also called her mother’s reaction “beautiful and amazing” and shared that her mother said, “I just want you to be happy.”
• “I don’t know what my future looks like,” Lovato told Cohen. “I don’t know if I’m going to have kids this year or in 10 years. I don’t know if I’m going to do it with a partner or without, ’cause women, we don’t need a partner. Amen.”
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Demi Lovato opened up about the moment that she came out to her parents during Thursday’s episode of SiriusXM’s “Radio Andy” with Andy Cohen.

At one point in the interview, Cohen brought up her January 2020 interview with Apple’s Beats 1, in which she said she’d like to start a family in the new decade but doesn’t know if it’ll be with a man or a woman.

When he asked Lovato about her process to “figure it out,” the 27-year-old singer responded, “I’m still figuring it out. I didn’t officially tell my parents that I saw myself ending up possibly with a woman too until 2017.”

“It was actually emotional but really beautiful,” she said of the conversation. “After everything was done I was shaking and crying. I’ve just felt overwhelmed.”

Lovato said that both her parents, Patrick Lovato and Dianna De La Garza, were supportive when she came out to them. The “Heart Attack” singer also shared that her dad was far from surprised and said he knew after listening to the lyrics of her 2015 track “Cool for the Summer.”

“My dad was like, ‘Yeah, obviously,'” the singer said. She recalled saying, “Well, okay, Dad.” Lovato said he responded, “Hello? ‘Cool for the Summer.'”

She also remembered being “super nervous” to hear her mother’s reaction to the news, but said De La Garza responded, “I just want you to be happy.”

“That was so beautful and amazing and, like I said, I’m so grateful,” Lovato told Cohen.

The “Confident” singer also said although she had a positive experience, coming out to her parents didn’t immediately give her all the answers.

“I don’t know what my future looks like,” she said. “I don’t know if I’m going to have kids this year or in 10 years. I don’t know if I’m going to do it with a partner or without, ’cause women, we don’t need a partner. Amen.”

After opening up to her parents in 2017, Lovato has spoken openly about her sexuality but has faced criticism for avoiding the use of labels.

In her October 2017 documentary “Simply Complicated,” the singer said, “I am open to human connection, so whether that’s through a male or female, it doesn’t matter to me.”

The same month, she told Glamour, “I think eventually I’ll talk more about [my sexuality], but I think it was cool to be able to put it out there and leave it for what it is, and be open. It was refreshing to be able to have control over the narrative, and release this information on my own.”

Lovato also addressed her sexuality in a March 2018 interview with InStyle and said, “I’m very fluid, and I think love is love.”

She continued, “You can find it in any gender. I like the freedom of being able to flirt with whoever I want.”

One month later, Lovato kissed and straddled singer Kehlani onstage during her concert in Newark, New Jersey, while on her “Tell Me You Love Me” tour. She changed the lyrics of “Cool for the Summer” to include Kehlani’s name and told the audience to “love who you want to love.”

Lovato, who performed at the 2020 Grammy Awards, will sing “The Star Spangled Banner” at the 2020 Super Bowl on Sunday.