The ups and downs of Demi Lovato and Roller Coaster by Wilmer Valderrama

Time was never quite the Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama .

It is in January 2010 that the singer and the star That's 70s Show first met for a public interest announcement on this year's census forms. If you asked Lovato, the material was the last thing in mind.

"To be honest, I only did it because I heard that it was at home and I thought it was really cute," she admits candidly in his documentary, Simply Complicated . Not only was he cute, but the actor did something that she did not think possible: love at first sight.

"I do not really believe it, but I think it happened," she said about their first fateful meeting. However, age would be their first hurdle. "I was saying" I love this man and I have to have him ", but I was only 17 years old and so, he was telling me:" Get away from me " . "

In August, the Grammy nominee was 18 years old and, as she said in her documentary, they started going out together. However, shortly after their first romantic relationship, she went to a treatment center at the end of October 2010 because her battles against self-harm and the troubles of the first half of the year. food were unveiled publicly for the first time.

"I was not going to be alive if I continued to treat my body as I was," she told Ryan Seacrest 39, an interview in July 2011.

However, in the eyes of Valderrama, he entered his life at the perfect moment. "At that time, she was living a really interesting trip and I was right there for that very moment and I was lucky enough to be there at the right time, in the right place to help me." he told Seacrest. In an interview on the radio later in 2015.

While the team of the Disney star continued to keep their lips sealed on the relationship status of the pair, a few months after that E! In an interview, the rumored couple was spotted in early November 2011 and Lovato eventually brought Valderrama to his wedding with Tiffany Thornton's former co-star the same month.

All that gave the sources the impression that they had quit at the beginning of the year 2012 fizzled out during the summer while Lovato celebrated his 20th birthday with him. "Feliz Cumpleaños to my angel @ddlovato, U keep me proud," Valderrama tweeted at the time. "U are the hero of this generation [has] was waiting 4! With & by you always."

In 2014, the couple became familiar with sharing their romance by posting tributes on social networks and keeping fans in the loop of their ongoing relationship. While they were still a little shy about sharing their personal lives in the spotlight, the triple threat was not sheepish about how her handsome had helped her cross his personal battles.

"To the funniest, most inspiring, most incredible man I know …", she wrote to her on the occasion of her 34th birthday. "Thank you for helping me through my darkest moments .. You are truly a light for this world and for my life."

a level I've never met before, "recalls Lovato of their relationship in his documentary. "He was just my rock – my everything."

The two were so impressed that the wedding appeared to be in the cards by 2015. "I'm very, very much in love with him," she said about a wedding during an interview on a New Zealand radio station. "I think – we will probably wait a little longer, but – if he asked tomorrow I would say yes."

After all, they had withstood Lovato 's recovery, a significant age gap and years of dating in the honor, it was as if that couple could stand naked. whatever matters.

"People were really adamant [of our age difference] and even as my parents were a bit like," I do not know why anyone of his age wants to go out with someone so young. After a while everyone started to see that what we have is real and amazing and very special and we have been together ever since, "she recalls in this radio interview.

In fact, with each new year of sobriety, Lovato made it clear that she was alive because of her presence in her world. would like to be able to say in words how grateful I am for this man here, "she wrote on social media in March 2015." But my love has reached such a level that words could never express how much this man completes me. He loved me as I would never have thought I would deserve to see him again. to be loved and with this day marking my sober 3rd year … After sharing my ups, enduring my stockings and endured my recovery … he still does not take credit and I want I would not really be alive today. without him.

The following year, the Grammy nominee repressed Ellen DeGeneres 'curiosity when asked about the lack of a ring on that finger despite rumors to the contrary. "We have been together for so long … obviously I will not go anywhere," Lovato joked, giving everyone the impression that even though Valderrama had not asked the question yet, they were going strong.

Therefore, it was all the more shocking when they jointly announced their separation four months later after almost six years of dating.

"This has nothing to do with the fall of love, we decided together that we are probably better as friends," said Lovato about their breakup in his documentary. "I think Wilmer is still with Wilmer, I think it is with Wilmer, I think it is with Wilmer and I think it will be because you do not share six years with someone. one and you do not give them your heart and I'm sure I will not meet anyone who compares to him. "

The star also seemed to attribute their separation to the personal problems that she had to face solo. "The sparks have never faded, but there are problems that I have not yet overcome and that I will not defeat if I rely on someone else for me. to occupy solitude. "

in their relationship when she said Glamor in October 2016, "Being sick was always part of my relationship with him, I always had something wrong with me, I'm not sure. I needed to let go of that. "

While they remained friends – and were even drafted for lunch together in February – their enduring bond was never more apparent than when Valderrama was seen at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center a day after his ex-famous been admitted as a result of an overdose. "It was dark and calm and we could say that he was very serious," said a source to E! New. "He arrived and left alone."

The star NCIS visited a second time this week and Saturday, E! News learned that Lovato was resting and improving with the support of his entire family and Valderrama through his recovery.

While Lovato worries in her documentary that she is going to lose him for good after being separated in 2016, it is very clear that no matter where their lives will take them and when, they will find a way to get closer to each other.