Shortly after Demi Lovato released her new single “Sober,” in which she revealed she had recently broken her sobriety, Iggy Azalea announced that she was “proud” of her friend for sharing the difficult truth.
“Waking up listening to @ddlovato ‘sober,'” the rapper, 28, wrote on social media. “I’m proud of you for having the guts to reveal your truth to the world again. NOT. EASY.”
Adding that she was “here” for her friend, Azalea wrote, “I pray you’ll choose recovery again. All of us who love you only want to see you happy and healthy.”
In a separate tweet, the rapper looked back to when Lovato, 25, celebrated six years of sobriety in March.
“I was there the day we sung you happy birthday for 6 years sober. I jumped a random persons face in my PJs to come get you, even when you had no clue i was gonna pop up on your ass. Lmao,” she wrote.
Continuing, she added, “I am prepared to keep doing crazy s— bitch. deal with it cause I love you.”
Azalea has spoken previously about how Lovato inspired her to accept help regarding her own mental health.
During an interview with Billboard in March, the rapper revealed that in 2017 her management team Phillymack (who also manage Lovato), advised her to attend a mental health “retreat” in Arizona following her well-documented social media feuds with fellow artists.
Despite her initial resistance to the idea, Azalea said she used Lovato’s life and career as an inspiration of how positive the outcome could be.
She also went on to call Lovato one of “the only people who have been there for me,” adding that the 25-year-old “often” calls her on the phone to check up.