Selena Gomez reveals details on fall out with Demi Lovato

Actresses/singers Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. Photo / Getty Images

Selena Gomez doesn't think she was "fair" to Demi Lovato.

The 21-year-old star drifted apart from her childhood friend when the Skyscraper hitmaker checked into rehab for help with an eating disorder and self-harm in 2010, and Selena admits she backed away from her pal because she didn't "understand" what she was going through.

She said: "I've known her since we were seven, and we did fall apart for a while.

"She was going through things and I was so young and it was confusing. I processed it saying, 'OK, I don't understand what she's going through so I'm just going to do this.' I don't think it was fair, and I'm so happy that I have her back in my life now."

The Come & Get It hitmaker - who has an on/off relationship with Justin Bieber - thinks the way her friend has got her life back on track is "incredible" and she says the former X Factor judge is one of her biggest inspirations.

She told Seventeen magazine: "I feel like we're all given what we can handle, and clearly someone thought she could handle so much - and she could, and she did. And she's incredible for that. I couldn't imagine going through some of the things that she went through, and the fact that she is who she is today is insane - she's one of my inspirations."

These days, the former Disney stars are closer than ever.

Selena said: "Demi's very, very strong. She's the only person that I would tell the deepest, darkest secrets to. The only person."

- Bang! Showbiz