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X Factor host Demi Lovato has always been very outspoken regarding her stance on “bullying”, but the 20-year-old is now speaking out about her experience dealing with being mistreated in school.

I had a really tough time when I was in middle school… People would write ‘hate petitions’ [about me] and send them around to be signed. They’d have CD-bashing parties of my demos. They’d come to my house, stand across the street and yell things. It was a very emotional time for me, and all I wanted to do was get away.

Yikes!

But luckily, Lovato is using her bad experience for good.  She’s now the ambassador for Secret’s “Mean Stinks” campaign, and will act as the face for the company’s anti-bullying initiative.

I heard about the program last year, and thought it was such a great opportunity… They’re really trying to put an end to bullying.

Lovato was recently attended New York City’s Young Women’s Leadership School to encourage young women to pledge to have a “Drama Free School Year” by painting their pinky fingers blue.

I’ll definitely be wearing [the nail polish] starting soon…It’s a conversation starter: ‘Hey, why is your pinky blue?’ ‘This is a pinky promise that I’m not going to bully people, that me and my friends are ganging up for good.’

So, GossipTeen fans, will you be ganging up for good this school year?  Let’s do it!

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