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Joanna “JoJo” Levesque is constantly working to navigate the ‘ups and downs’ of life.
“I don’t know who I would be if my family and friends hadn’t become family, but I’ve definitely had my ups and downs,” JoJo, 34, said exclusively We weekly on Thursday, January 23, while promoting her NGL EP. “I thought I would never be my parents, who at one point I judged quite harshly because they were struggling with their own addictions.”
She added, “Then I found myself thinking, ‘Oh, just because it doesn’t seem like it, I’m acting this way like an addict.’ I just do things that impact my life and the lives of others, and I had to check myself a lot.”
JoJo went on to explain that after coming to the realization that addiction can manifest itself in different ways, she is “constantly” monitoring herself to be the healthiest version of herself.
“I think there are trends that I really need to be aware of,” the singer said Us. “So that’s why we have different practices. I’m not sober, but [I go through] periods of [not drinking]For example, I do Dry January, otherwise I don’t drink while I’m on tour. In general, I don’t like to overdo it, and I’m grateful for that. I’ve been on the other side of liking to be crazy. I don’t want to be crazy anymore.”
She added, “I’m learning one day at a time.”
JoJo described her experiences with drinking in her 2024 memoir: About the influence. In the book, she revealed that her parents, who were addicts, met in Alcoholics Anonymous before their rocky relationship that ultimately ended in divorce. JoJo, meanwhile, revealed that she also struggled with alcohol abuse, in addition to what she said was an addiction to love, sex and validation.
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American weekly“I was completely addicted to love and validation, sex and stimulation,” she wrote in her memoir, in which she claimed she had once cheated on a former partner. “I was feeding my addiction and biding my time before telling my husband I was the worst person in the world. The tamper switch flipped and I responded to the athlete. I mean, what was I at this point if not a sucker for self-betrayal and excess? Somehow I convinced myself it didn’t matter.”
While you’re talking to UsJoJo noted that she “doesn’t really regret” becoming so outspoken and vulnerable About the influence.
Joanna “JoJo” Levesque found support from her fellow singers during a difficult time in her life. Levesque, 33, opens up about her personal and professional life in her new memoir, Over the Influence, out Tuesday, September 17. In a clip shared by People on Friday, September 13, she remembers Selena Gomez taking her to […]
“It’s my story and look, if I had written it in a year or five years from now, would I be telling different stories? Probably, [or] in a different way,” she said Thursday. “But this is the story.”
JoJo has since put her past struggles behind her to come to terms with a positive, healthy relationship with a new partner.
“That’s what my song ‘Ready to Love’ is about. I was like, ‘I want to make room in my life for someone who is ready to love and ready to be vulnerable and responsible and have fun and grow together and all those things,'” JoJo said. “I do think it took me a long time to know myself enough to say yes to the things that really feel like a yes and no to the things and to leave things that aren’t good for me and also show up , but be a safe place for someone [and] be a safe place for myself first and foremost.”
She added, “I think this is just a beautiful season in my life where I feel more present and ready for the things that are meant for me.”
“Ready for Love” is one of the songs on JoJo’s EP NGLwhich dropped on Friday, January 24.
“I can’t believe it’s been four years since I released my other EP and it just means it’s about ownership and empowerment,” JoJo shared. Us. “This is my first independent release and this album was so about being single and moving to a new city and feeling strong and really feeling more comfortable and confident in my own skin than I ever have before.”
NGL is out now.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi