How Old Was Demi Lovato as Schizophrenia Patient in Grey’s Anatomy?

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In November 2021, Grey’s Anatomy actress Demi Lovato stepped out in a Dolls Kill x Universal Monsters Ur Wanted Dead or Alive faux fur jacket to celebrate Paris Hilton and Carter Reum‘s wedding.

The “Dancing with the Devil” performer carried a Widow Own Soul’s Warning bag and rocked Prada studded Derby boots when arriving at the couple’s private after-party at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California.

Demi Lovato in a bright green faux-fur coat shows up for Paris Hilton and Carter Reum‘s after-partyDemi Lovato in a bright green faux-fur coat shows up for Paris Hilton and Carter Reum‘s after-party at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California, on November 12, 2021 (Credit: Avalon / WENN)

11 years earlier, she starred as Hayley May in the season six Grey’s Anatomy episode Shiny Happy People. She played a teenage girl recently diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) discovers that Hayley has a tiny hole in her inner ear that makes her overly sensitive to sound and causes her to hurt herself. Hayley May is diagnosed with superior canal dehiscence syndrome and won’t have any symptoms after surgery.

Demi Lovato plays Haley May in Shiny Happy People, the twenty-second episode of the sixth season and the 124th overall episode of Grey's AnatomyDemi Lovato plays Haley May in Shiny Happy People, the twenty-second episode of the sixth season and the 124th overall episode of Grey’s Anatomy (Credit: American Broadcasting Company / YouTube)

“As a matter of fact, it’s such a real thing that we got a letter sometime after it aired from a mother who had been having a lot of problems with her child. They’d been kind of shuffled from doctor to doctor,” medical doctor/consultant Zoanne Clack told host Gordon James about the ailment faced by Demi Lovato’s character Hayley May in an episode of ABC’s web series Post-Op.

Demi Lovato was 17 years old when her episode of the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy aired on May 13, 2010Demi Lovato was 17 years old when her episode of the television medical drama Grey’s Anatomy aired on May 13, 2010 (Credit: American Broadcasting Company / YouTube)

“And once they’d heard about superior canal dehiscence syndrome or something like that, they took him to an EMT to ask, specifically, for a test for this, and that’s what they had. So that was a definite win.”

Demi Lovato starred as a troubled teenage patient brought in for schizophreniaDemi Lovato starred as a troubled teenage patient brought in for schizophrenia (Credit: American Broadcasting Company / YouTube)

“We sort of make sure that all the medicine is as close to real as possible,” former ER doctor Fred Einesman added about the realism of the show during the Post-Op episode.

Born on August 20, 1992, Demi Lovato was 17 years old when “Shiny Happy People,” the twenty-second episode of the sixth season of the American television medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, aired on May 13, 2010. She celebrated her 18th birthday on August 20, 2010.

Demi Lovato slicks her hair back at the 2016 WE Day CaliforniaDemi Lovato slicks her hair back at WE Day California at The Forum on April 7, 2016, in Inglewood, California (Credit: Apega / WENN)

Oh, Demi Lovato. In April 2016, the “Cool for the Summer” singer fell on stage yet again.

During her entrance at the 2016 WE Day California event, she missed the step down to a lower platform and took a tumble in full view of everyone. The audience let out an audible gasp as Demi face-planted right on stage.

The then 23-year-old entertainer handled it like a pro thanks to her previous fall. She quickly rebounded, struck a pose with both her arms in the air, and quickly reassured the audience with an “I’m OK!”

Demi Lovato wears a black blazer over a crop top and a pair of floral-printed pantsDemi Lovato wears a black blazer over a crop top and a pair of floral-printed pants (Credit: Apega / WENN)

Demi completed her entrance ensemble with a long, black blazer, a black square-neck crop top, and a pair of floral-print wide-leg pants.

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