I’ve never had to wonder about a boyfriend’s intentions. I mean, are they really with me because they love me or to get closer to my extensive sweatpant collection? Maybe it’s my personality or maybe it’s the way I always have dog treats in my pockets. How will we ever know?
Demi Lovato, however, is very rich and talented, and a suitor’s intentions are a true problem of hers.
During quarantine, Demi and Max Ehrich (actor/singer/dancer/no one knew who he was pre-Demi) began dating, got engaged and broke up. This would normally be a typical Sunday for celebrities and not exactly news, but Max has handled the breakup so bizarrely that it must be documented.
Sept. 12: Demi fans unearthed Max’s old tweets where he publicly hit on numerous celebrities including Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, and Miley Cyrus.
Hey! @ddlovato is this edited? 😂🤭#selena #SelenaGomez #demi #DemiLovato #maxehrichisoverparty #maxehrich pic.twitter.com/s74yVgsAj7
— Maria Tineo🌟 (@maria_tineo_) September 14, 2020
Sept. 24: Numerous publications report that Demi and Max have broken up. Demi shared a selfie without her engagement ring on.
Sept. 26: Demi deleted all her photos of Max and unfollowed him. Max, meanwhile, shared on Instagram that he learned about the breakup through the tabloids and not from Demi herself. He also threw in the movie he was working on when he found out. Not the BEST strategy for defending yourself against dating someone for self-promotion. But what do I know? I have like 600 Instagram followers, maybe I should date Demi.
Sept. 27: Apparently, Max can only communicate through written text in Instagram stories as he posted more details about the breakup, and of course about his job being in movies.
Sept. 30: Demi has not spoken publicly about the situation, but she has released a song. Is this like when I talk to my husband through my dog? “Oh, do you want Dad to take you for a walk while I sit here and read? Okay Sully.”
Oct. 11: Max allegedly calls the paparazzi on himself and is photographed sobbing at the beach where he proposed to Demi. I’m not one to yuck other people’s yums – however Max needs to grieve his two-week relationship is his prerogative, but it does seem a little less genuine when you give paparazzi the coordinates to where you’ll be crying (ALLEGEDLY).
Oct. 11: That must have been one heck of a cry because Max seems over the entire thing! Or he’s entering the petty stage of a celebrity split. He hopped onto Instagram Live and danced to Demi’s enemy Selena Gomez’s song.
Oct. 16: Max released a song about Demi. Sources say Demi is contacting lawyers, has had no contact with Max since the breakup, and wants to live her life as if they’d never met. Erase him from the scrapbook, girl!
I think it’s very clear what the lessons are here: Clear your tweet history, date someone for at least a full season before getting engaged, and cry in private into a cheesecake like a normal person.
Keely Turner takes a look at pop culture through the eyes of a P.E.I. girl with a big city attitude. Keely lives in Toronto, working as a fitness trainer and writer, with her husband and beagle. You can find her on Instagram @KeelyMTurner
