{"id":2125637,"date":"2025-10-30T21:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2125637"},"modified":"2025-10-30T21:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:38:16","slug":"demi-lovato-embraces-viral-poot-meme-with-epic-halloween-costume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/demi-lovato-embraces-viral-poot-meme-with-epic-halloween-costume\/","title":{"rendered":"Demi Lovato embraces viral Poot meme with epic Halloween costume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Demi Lovato finally let \u201cPoot\u201d out of the basement.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHeart Attack\u201d hitmaker embraced her viral Poot meme for Halloween this year as the singer dressed up as the 10-year-old joke for the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Lovato <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQcdn4PEoXK\/?img_index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to Instagram<\/a> on Thursday, sharing a hilarious carousel of photos and TikTok videos that fans couldn\u2019t help but rave about in the comments. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Demi Lovato embraced her viral Poot meme for Halloween this year by dressing up as the 10-year-old joke for the holiday. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@demilovato<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cHappy halloween and happy one week of intd!!! been so locked in this era thought i\u2019d let pootvato out,\u201d she wrote on Instagram.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@demilovato<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the opening slide, Lovato, 33, recreated the meme as she posed in a side-by-side with the image. She followed up the snap with a picture of herself pretending to be trapped in a garage. <\/p>\n<p>In one of her TikTok clips, she acted like she was Poot attempting to escape by trying to lift and banging on the garage door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy halloween and happy one week of intd!!! been so locked in this era thought i\u2019d let pootvato out,\u201d she captioned the post, referencing her newest album \u201cIt\u2019s Not That Deep,\u201d which was released on Oct. 24. <\/p>\n<p>Fans quickly hailed Lovato as the queen of Halloween as they cracked jokes about the enduring internet meme. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The singer also shared several TikTok videos she made where she pretended to attempt an escape from her garage. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@demilovato<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fans quickly gushed that the costume is \u201cthe funniest f\u2013king thing\u201d Lovato has \u201cever done\u201d in the comments under her post.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@demilovato<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAlright Halloween is over everyone. Pack it up. It belongs to demi this year better luck next year,\u201d one netizen commented under the post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the funniest f\u2013king thing you\u2019ve ever done,\u201d a second social media user commented. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome back poot we missed you,\u201d a third person shared, adding a red heart emoji. <\/p>\n<p>The story of Lovato\u2019s viral Poot meme dates back to 2015 when a fan took to Tumblr with a washed-out photoshopped image of Lovato. The internet user crafted a fictional story, saying it was the former Disney Channel star\u2019s long-lost twin sister who was locked away in a basement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lovato\u2019s \u201cPoot\u201d meme originated on Tumblr in 2015 when a user shared a photoshopped picture of Lovato and created a fictional backstory.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@demilovato<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In the made up story, Poot is Lovato\u2019s long-lost twin sister who has been locked away for her entire life in the singer\u2019s basement.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@demilovato<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lovato last <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ddlovato\/video\/7495897416093355310?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121896267%2C121860360%2C121487028%2C74846152%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=people.com%2Fdemi-lovato-jokes-shes-never-letting-poot-out-of-basement-11720045&amp;referer_video_id=7495897416093355310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke on the viral joke<\/a> in April, saying that she would \u201cnever\u201d let Poot \u201cout of the basement\u201d in a TikTok video. <\/p>\n<p>She lip-synced to an audio on the platform and added the caption: \u201cWhen someone asks me to let Poot out of the basement\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, what an offer,\u201d Lovato, 32, mouthed in the clip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m never letting her out,\u201d she wrote under the post. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lovato recently poked fun at the joke in April in a TikTok, saying she would \u201cnever\u201d let Poot \u201cout of the basement.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@demilovato<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In 2023, she shared that she became comfortable with the meme after she realized that it was a Photoshopped version of herself. <span class=\"credit\">Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lovato has been a good sport about the joke and has cracked several quips about her meme over the years. In July 2023, she told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ICAa3s8eVDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harper\u2019s BAZAAR<\/a> that she later became comfortable with the meme after she learned it was a photoshopped picture of her and not an actual photo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Poot went viral, that actually sucked because I thought that was a real picture of me,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Oh, no. That\u2019s a really bad angle.\u2019 But Poot was photoshopped. Later, I felt better about it because I realized that wasn\u2019t my face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it was definitely weird when it went viral,\u201d she continued, adding that \u201cit\u2019s really funny to look back on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demi Lovato finally let \u201cPoot\u201d out of the basement. The \u201cHeart Attack\u201d hitmaker embraced her viral Poot meme for Halloween this year as the singer dressed up as the 10-year-old joke for the holiday. Lovato took to Instagram on Thursday, sharing a hilarious carousel of photos and TikTok videos that fans couldn\u2019t help but rave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2125638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21787,323790,367026,367559,375671,21800],"class_list":["post-2125637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-demi-lovato","tag-halloween","tag-halloween-costumes","tag-memes","tag-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Demi-Lovato-embraces-viral-Poot-meme-with-epic-Halloween-costume.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2125639,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125637\/revisions\/2125639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2125638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}