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Tuesday we reported on a new interview with Demi Lovato, in Glamour Magazine, in which Demi doubled down on her comments claiming that Taylor Swift was not a feminist. Her argument was that Taylor surrounds herself with other thin white women basically, which made no sense. Demi said that feminism means championing equal rights causes and then added “I don’t see anybody in any sort of squad that has a normal body.” Then, in a follow up question, she called the body types in Taylor’s squad “not realistic” and said “I think that having a song and a video about tearing Katy Perry down, that’s not women’s empowerment.” Pot, meet kettle. Demi could have talked about women’s empowerment and feminism without putting down Taylor’s friends for being thin. The interviewer asked about Taylor but Demi could have kept the conversation in general terms, she didn’t have to go after Taylor’s friends.

In response to the backlash over this interview, Demi took to Twitter (which she’s quit and returned to multiple times) to give several excuses for this interview but not to apologize. At first she tweeted that her words were taken out of context, then she wondered why people pay attention to what she says, then she said she’s taking a break because she’s not cut out “for the business and the media.” Which is it, Demi? Here are her tweets in order from oldest to newest.

I get asked questions. I answer them. Sue me.

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) October 4, 2016

Also don’t forget that words can be taken out of context when doing interviews.. still not apologizing for saying what everyone want to say

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) October 4, 2016

I don’t understand why people care so much about what I say in interviews? Do y’all watch the news? Don’t y’all got shit to worry about?

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) October 4, 2016

So excited for 2017. Taking a break from music and the spotlight.. I am not meant for this business and the media ??

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) October 4, 2016

The “why do people pay attention to me, there’s actual news” argument also known as the “kids are starving in Africa” argument is called the fallacy of relative privation and we’ve heard it many times from celebrities trying to justify their behavior.

E! has a brief quote from a “source close to Taylor,” whose response to Demi’s interview is to call Demi jealous, basically:

“Taylor has a tight group of women in her life that all have her and each others’ back and sometimes people just want that. She thought it was unnecessary for her to make those comments. They both have never been really good friends.”

[From E! Online]

“They both have never been really good friends.” Something major must have happened between these two for them to hate each other so much, right? You don’t say you’ve never been friends with someone unless you want to hurt them. Also, Taylor should have declined to comment. The best way to respond to Demi’s ridiculousness would have been to take the high road. Taylor thinks she’s doing that by using “sources,” but no.

People Magazine has a new slideshow featuring “All the people you maybe forgot were a part of Taylor Swift’s squad.” There’s no Lena Dunham though. Taylor’s friend Hailee Steinfeld has a new interview in which she reveals what it’s like to be one of the squad. In a BBC1 interview, Steinfeld said that they use the texting app Whatsapp to keep in touch through group chat and that “it’s so much fun to stay in contact and find each other along the way and all get caught up.” Taylor has said in the past that she uses group chat to keep up with her friends. I wonder why Steinfeld is talking about the squad now.

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