--- title: Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas on Working for Disney description: Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas are co-headlining the "Future Now" tour, but their history stretches back to their days on the Disney Channel. canonical: https://time.com/4417452/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-disney-billboard-interview/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T20:45:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:38.830Z og:title: Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas on What Disney Was Actually Like og:description: "We joked around that it was Disney High" og:url: https://time.com/4417452/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-disney-billboard-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf7ed986da503616/69889e9ce20a87a43ea91b29/demi-lovato-nick-jonas.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas In Concert - Brooklyn, NY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas on What Disney Was Actually Like twitter:description: "We joked around that it was Disney High" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf7ed986da503616/69889e9ce20a87a43ea91b29/demi-lovato-nick-jonas.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas Reveal What 'Overworking' for Disney Was Really Like > Sponsored content. 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Kris Connor/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 21, 2016 8:45 PM UTC [Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas](http://time.com/4338338/demi-lovato-and-nick-jonas-carpool-karaoke/) are currently co-headlining the [“Future Now” tour](http://time.com/4392638/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-orlando-nightclub-shooting-victims/), but their history stretches back much farther than the tour’s June 29 start date. The two pop stars have been friends since filming Disney Channel’s _Camp Rock_ nearly a decade ago, a shared experience that shaped them in unique ways. In a recent interview with [Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7445798/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-billboard-cover-interview-friendship-touring-pop-stardom?utm%5Fsource=twitter), Lovato — who has been [outspoken about her struggles](http://motto.time.com/4383514/demi-lovato-rehab-eating-disorder/) with addiction and eating disorders — dished on what it was actually like to grow up as a Disney Channel star, explaining that it has had a lasting effect on her personality. “We joked around that it was Disney High, except we all were shooting shows and really overworking,” she told Billboard. “I joke that I sometimes have PTSD after leaving the channel, because if my schedule starts to get too busy, I rebel and I get b-tchy…” The pair also spoke about the self-imposed pressure they felt during that time in their lives. “I always wanted to be the next Shirley Temple, to be the youngest person to ever win a Grammy and an Oscar,” Lovato said. “It didn’t turn out that way. I don’t regret it, but I probably won’t allow my kids to get into the industry unless it’s on their terms.” “I have really musical parents, and my dad was always encouraging, but the desire to get onstage and perform really did come from me,” Jonas added. “I’d never push my future children.” Read more at [Billboard.com](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7445798/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-billboard-cover-interview-friendship-touring-pop-stardom?utm%5Fsource=twitter). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4417452/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-disney-billboard-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4417452/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-disney-billboard-interview/"},"headline":"Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas Reveal What 'Overworking' for Disney Was Really Like","datePublished":"2016-07-21T20:45:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:38.830Z","description":"\"We joked around that it was Disney High\"","url":"https://time.com/4417452/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-disney-billboard-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Demi Lovato","nick jonas"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf7ed986da503616/69889e9ce20a87a43ea91b29/demi-lovato-nick-jonas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf7ed986da503616/69889e9ce20a87a43ea91b29/demi-lovato-nick-jonas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas In Concert - Brooklyn, NY","caption":"Singers Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas perform during the '2016 Honda Civic Tour Featuring Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas: Future Now' tour at the Barclays Center on July 8, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Kris Connor/FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4417452/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-disney-billboard-interview/","name":"Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas Reveal What 'Overworking' for Disney Was Really Like"}}]}] ```