Demi Lovato says the recent overdose of DMX gives her ‘feelings of guilt’ after she nearly died from drugs in 2018.
The ‘X Gon’ Give It to Ya ‘rapper (50) has been life-sustaining and in a’ vegetative state ‘since last week after suffering from a drug overdose and a heart attack.
“Every time I see or die someone OD who is in the public eye, I immediately think, ‘It could have been you if you had not done all this work in the last few years of your life,'” Lovato says. in an interview. with “TMZ Live” airing on Wednesday.
“Sometimes I felt I felt the survivor’s guilt. You ask yourself, “Why am I still here, why are others not?” This is challenging. I have to realize that every day is a day that someone else does not get. ‘
The singer “Dancing With the Devil” – who had an overdose in July 2018 after smoking heroin and also taking oxycodone with fentanyl edges – now counts her blessings “every day when I am here on this earth.”
“It makes me have the best life I can have, because I know others didn’t get the chance,” she says.
Hundreds of people turned up Tuesday to hold a prayer vigil for DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, at White Plains Hospital. Some of his 15 children were among the visitors who allowed the ICU there to say their “last goodbye” to him.
“We ask that you please keep Earl / DMX and us in your thoughts, wishes and prayers, but also respect our privacy as we face these challenges,” the family said in a statement to People.
In 2016, DMX had an overdose in the parking lot of a hotel in Westchester, where medics Narcan gave him to save his life.