Author: Alexia Fernandez / Source: PEOPLE.com
Keith Urban is sharing some of his hard-earned wisdom with Demi Lovato after she suffered an apparent overdose last Tuesday.
The country singer offered Lovato support while on the Australian morning show Today by opening up about some of the things that helped him overcome his own battle with substance abuse.
When asked what Lovato needs now, the singer said while he does not know her personally, for a successful recovery she needs to be around the right people.
“Just [to have] good people around her and a willingness to want to live a different way if that’s what she wants to do,” he said.
“It’s all up to her,” the father of two added.
While Urban said he might not know much about Lovato’s personal life, he did love her while he was a judge on American Idol.
The singer’s rendition of her popular 2015 song brought Urban to his feet as he applauded her on national television.
Urban struggled with addiction early on in his career in the 1990s, later checking himself into the Betty Ford Center in Palm Springs, California, for a recurring problem with alcohol abuse in 2007 — just four months after marrying Nicole Kidman.
The country superstar has been open about his battle with addiction, including telling PEOPLE in 2007 that he “was going to lose it all” if he didn’t re-enter rehab following his wedding.
“It was like if I don’t choose this moment…
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