Demi Lovato’s mother finds it “really difficult” to talk about the star’s recent overdose

And now her mother, Dianna de la Garza, has opened up on the “shocking” day she discovered what had happened, saying the memories of her daughter’s condition make her “shake”.

She said: “It’s still a really difficult thing to talk about. I literally start to shake a little bit when I start to remember what happened that day.

“[Demi’s assistant called and] said, Demi overdosed. So, I was in shock. I didn’t know what to say. It was just something that I never, ever expected to hear, as a parent, about any of my kids.

“[Her assistant] stopped for a second and said, she’s conscious, but she’s not talking.”

Dianna and her other two children - 30-year-old Dallas Lovato and 16-year-old Madison de la Garza - rushed to the hospital to be with the ‘Sober’ hitmaker, and Dianna says she “prayed” the whole way there that her daughter would make it through.

She added: “We got there as quickly as we could. Dallas and Madison and I jumped out of the car at the emergency room and ran into the emergency room to be by her side. She just didn’t look good - at all. She was in bad shape. But I said to her, ‘Demi, I’m here. I love you.’ And at that point she said back to me, ‘I love you, too.’

“From that point on, I never allowed myself to ever think that things weren’t going to be okay. I prayed, of course, all the way to the hospital, and my faith is strong. I think that was one of things that got me through the next couple of days when she was in critical condition. We just didn’t know for two days if she was going to make it or not.”

Dianna, 56, says Demi is now “happy” and “healthy” as she works toward her sobriety, and thanked fans for the “millions of prayers” that she believes helped to save her daughter’s life.

Speaking to Newsmax TV, Dianna said: “I just feel like the reason she’s alive today is because of the millions of prayers that went up that day when everybody found out what was happening. I don’t think she would be here if it hadn’t been for those prayers and the good doctors and Cedars-Sinai. They were the best. I couldn’t have asked for a better team of people to save her life.

“She’s happy. She’s healthy. She’s working on her sobriety, and she’s getting the help she needs. That in itself encourages me about her future and about the future of our family."