Last Friday, an annoyed Demi Lovato took to twitter to make her feelings known about a recent episode of the Disney Channel series Shake It Up. In the episode, a teen model says to the two main actresses that she could "just eat them up," if she ate. Referring to the model having an eating disorder, Demi did not like that one bit, tweeting, "I find it really funny how a company can lose one of their actress' from the pressures of an EATING DISORDER and yet still make joke about that very disease... Dear Disney Channel, EATING DISORDERS ARE NOT SOMETHING TO JOKE ABOUT."
Lovato left her Disney Channel show Sonny With A Chance last year after entering rehab for an eating disorder, among other things. Demi continued to tweet, "And is it just me or are the actress' getting THINNER AND THINNER.... I miss the days of RAVEN, and LIZZIE MCGUIRE."
Just minutes later, a Disney Channel rep tweeted Demi, "“We hear you & are pulling both episodes as quickly as possible & reevaluating them. It’s NEVER our intention to make light of eating disorders!” Demi responded to the tweet with a 'Thank you,' and as a result of her tweets, Disney Channel pulled the Shake It Up episode.
