Demi Lovato on Wilmer Valderrama: ‘I wouldn’t be alive without him today’

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Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama have been dating for about five years. That seems like forever for a guy who’s known for messing with fragile lady minds and zeroing in on vulnerable women. Given Demi’s history with self harm and an eating disorder, Wilmer could have been a very bad boyfriend choice. They did break up a few times but appeared surprisingly solid for the past few years. He gave her a Tiffany ring in 2013. All along, they’ve stayed very private as a couple.

Things have changed very fast. Demi and Wilmer are making public, smooshy love declarations on Twitter. I expect an engagement announcement soon.

@WValderrama I know this won’t mean anything to you but our love is greater than Olivia Pope and Pres. Fitzgerald Grant’s

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) May 23, 2015

@ddlovato yeah but is it greater than Aladdin & Jasmine’s? Or Nala and Simba’s?

— Wilmer Valderrama (@WValderrama) May 23, 2015

@WValderrama so much greater…. ????

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) May 23, 2015

Get a room, right? Demi also raved to HuffPo about Wilmer when she was supposedly discussing her new record label, Safehouse Records ( which she launched with Nick Jonas). You can see Demi’s interview clip here. Some excerpts:

Why she and Wilmer are so lovey now: “For us, we wanted to keep our private lives private, and we still do. But as we’ve been in a relationship on and off, gosh, almost 5 years now … people are seeing us more together. We thought you know what, if paparazzi gets us, whatever. But, we’re in control of what we’re able to post online, so we’re very open about our relationship.”

Wilmer helped her recovery: “I also wanted to give him a lot of credit that he never takes … He’ll never take credit for a lot of my sobriety and my recovery but I guarantee it, I wouldn’t be alive without him today.”

[From HuffPo Live]

Wilmer and Demi’s public declarations are cute but unexpected since they were private for so long. People can change, although I still wonder if a womanizing dude can ever truly reform. Wilmer’s shady reputation isn’t aided by his long stint as Fez on That ’70s Show. Perhaps doing voicework for Handy Manny rubbed off on him for the better.

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