Demi Lovato on Taylor Swift: Having a Song About 'Tearing Katy Perry Down' is 'Not Women's Empowerment'

Demi Lovato rocks a Diesel leather dress on the cover of Glamour magazine’s November 2016 issue, on newsstands November 11.

Here’s what the 24-year-old entertainer had to share with the mag:

On criticizing Taylor Swift in the past for not “doing the work” to be a feminist: “Just speaking out. I’m not afraid to talk about the fact that women get paid less than men in the United States and how unfair that is. Talking about it at all is doing the work. And I think every woman does her part in some way. But I think in certain situations, certain people could be doing more if they’re going to claim that as part of their brand. To be honest, and this will probably get me in trouble, I don’t see anybody in any sort of squad that has a normal body. It’s kind of this false image of what people should look like. And what they should be like, and it’s not real…. It’s not realistic. And I think that having a song and a video about tearing Katy Perry down, that’s not women’s empowerment. We all do things that aren’t, but I have to ask myself, Am I content with calling myself a feminist? Yes, because I speak out.”

On her split from Wilmer Valderrama: “I think it’s healthy to be able to start over with someone else. Being sick was always a part of my relationship with him; I always had something wrong with me. I needed to let go of that. It was hard to depart from somebody who saw everything, but it may be nice to start fresh with somebody. Because that person I was when I was a lot younger is not who I am today.”

On her current state: “I feel healthy, I feel happy. Back then I felt an emptiness inside of me, and I reached for so many things�”a person, a substance, a behavior�”to fill that void. And now there’s not a void anymore. The void is filled by me taking care of myself…. Getting sober was difficult. I went into rehab, I came out, and I didn’t stay sober. I still had issues occasionally. Now some days it’s difficult; some days it’s easy. But I like to focus on what I’m doing now, which is giving back.”

For more from Demi, visit Glamour.com.