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Alex Welch Opens Up About Demi Lovato Punching Her

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Alex Welch, the young dancer who was allegedly punched by Demi Lovato, is now speaking up.

“To this day, I haven’t gotten an apology. I’ve heard nothing,” she tells People magazine. “That’s sad if you think that person is your friend.”

A source close to Lovato tells Gossip Cop, “Demi is focused on her treatment right now and hasn’t been able to call Alex directly,” but adds, “Her mother and stepfather have reached out through intermediaries to both Alex and her parents – they were told that they did not wish to speak with them.”

Regardless, Welch says before the fisticuffs, tour managers gave Lovato a talking to because “she had gotten in trouble” the night before.

What precisely happened is not mentioned.

Welch goes on to relate that Lovato was upset about being snitched on, and “pulled the dancers in a room and threatened: ‘If I find out who told on me …’ ”

Because Welch hadn’t witnessed the incident the night before – and hadn’t spoken to anyone about it – she didn’t think twice about Lovato’s warning.

Next thing she knows, says Welch, “We were on the plane with the Jonases having this awesome time and… she walks up and punches me and literally walked away and got in her seat.”

What followed was Lovato checking into a facility for “emotional and physical issues,” while Welch was left with a black eye and bruised cheekbone.

Though Welch didn’t suffer any permanent damage, she’s considering civil litigation.

What do you think of Welch’s story?

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  • womack16

    I think she needs to go somewhere
    What Demi did was wrong but what she is doing is wring too and two wrongs don’t make a right
    She waited until a little over a month later to release all this, AFTER Demi had admitted to having problems and seeking help for them, I hope she knows all she is doing is adding more problems and stress to the problems and stress Demi is already trying to work through. What exactly is she getting by doing all this?
    It’s sad she called herself Demi’s friend and basically said Demi is a bad friend for not apologizing when she is doing this. I mean Demi barely sees/talks to her own family how is she going to apologize to her when she can barely communicate with her family?

    All of this is unnecessary and Shorty is over reacting, people get punched everyday but I don’t see them suing or whining for an apology over being punched

  • malu

    to be honest, she has the right to sue Demi and it doesnt matter if she is in rehab. Demi and her fam, well maybe not demi if she is incomunicated but her fam has been coward enough to “try through intermediaries” to apologize to alex, demi and her fam are the ones called to apologize, in rehab or no doesn´t mean she can go out like nothing happened, and demi dad warning alex not to sue demi is out of place, first demi was on the wrong and disney even when they support demi going on rehab are not gonna get into a demand to say demi was right, its wrong on so many levels, and there were pics of alex and demi acting friendly way be4 the incident, maybe they did were friends, if demi was wrong she needed to man up, and say yes i did wrong not gonna punchng everybody, and there hasné been proofs to say alex told on demi and even then in sept and octob was alex who go the support of the tour managers and jobros, or it seems like that in pics. i highly doubt jobros and managers supporting alex if she did anything wrong!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Quinn-Wynette-Tucker/1386894506 Quinn Wynette Tucker

    If Demi really did do that, then she is truly messed up in the head. Get some help!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Laquita-T-Hodge/1085139331 Laquita T. Hodge

    She acts like Demi beat her up or something. It’s not that serious. And to sue for getting into with your “friend”? What does she expect to get out of this lawsuit, some money for being hit? Yes, if Demi did indeed hit her she was wrong, but why is she expecting a phone call or an appology from the girl if she barely speaks to her own family. Maybe she should wait until Demi can visit or at least until she comes out of rehab.
    If Demi was upset because she thought that Welch had told on her then maybe she should consult the other dancers because someone told Demi that it was her who told. She’s adding fuel to the fire now and why is she just now saying something? Like, did someone tell her to go sue her for having a bruised cheekbone and blackeye? Those heal pretty quickly. It seems like she should’ve cleared the air and said something last month about the incident. I feel bad because she was hit, but don’t make it out to be something bigger than it’s not. If everyone sued someone for punching them then courts would be filled with angry teenagers.

  • M!ndy

    I think that alex is just trying to get attention demi is a regular girl different is she makes bank and is a celebrity….girls fight all the time its a natural instict..don’t judge and pretend you’ve never been in a fight before I personally think this whole situation is STUPID and making a big deal out of nothing…

  • Lindsay Mack

    well i think she should have not told Demi’s buisness..would you guys like it if your biggest secret was told to a random person??Welch was wrong,and so was Demetria.I am a fan of Demi always will be..I think they both need to say sorry for what they did.Oh and Alex stop acting like she just randomly punched you cause she had a bad day you messed with her..

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1262470698 Camila Bfab

    i bet u are a big fan of Demi lovato that’s why u are defending her. And F.Y.I Alex doesn’t need to get attention ok, cuz she can move her foot and be way more famous. demi lovato what can “sing” and maybe act but this girl right here is one of the best dancers ever and she’s also a Bgirl. u should know that.

  • Courtney

    its not demi’s fault she is bipolar. she went to rehab and got help and she is alot better now. plus, it says that demi couldn’t call alex because she was in rehab and demi’s parents tryed to contact alex and her parents but they didn’t want to talk to the Lovato family. So even if Demi was trying to apoligize she couldn’t because alex and her family didn’t want to talk to them!!!

  • Jen xoxo

    This Alex girl is just drama.. Yeah Demi shouldn’t have touched her but she’s getting help to work out her issues. She recognized her wrong doing. She should quiet whining that she didn’t get a apology and hope Demi gets the help she needs. Complaining for a punch in the face. Omg

  • Ash_Bash

    if alex was a big girl and more mature then demi lovato then why she open her mouth? they are both in the wrong and if u think about it demi would have never punched her in the face if she didnt open her mouth. No one wants there business to be told especially if its personal and if she really wanted to sue her for getting punched in the face she shuld have said somtihng along time ago and if she was such a big girl and mature she wuld let it go but as we are all seeing she still is whining about it in which case is getting uneeded attention.

  • Suzzysuzzy123

    so what she punched the bitch BIG DEAL

  • Victoria

    so what she punched the bitch BIG DEAL

  • Victoria

    i would punch her too just for having orange hair

  • Kbert_123

    I totatlly agree with you

  • Wtater888

    This is stupid. If she did really punch her than she would have hand issues. What if she just fake punched and she was a little two close and tapped her. Also anyone realize Alex isn’t phased and that makeup has gotten really good over the years.

  • sunny

    i totally agree with u!
    alex is being a little tooo moody

  • Raiidyn

    i know im late on this but she should be embarrassed having been hit by Demi and being a liitle bitch about it she needs to man up..idk thats just me

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