Demi Lovato says cutting her hair helped her find freedom: 'I feel more authentic'

Demi Lovatocut off her long locks in November and it led to some surprising results.

The singer and actress said the haircut helped her heal amid her ongoing recovery from an eating disorder andaddiction.

“I just feel so free,” Lovato said in a recent interview onThe Ellen Degeneres Show.

“I feel more authentic to who I am.

I also feel like I used to hide behind my hair.

It would cover my body.

It was that and… yeah, I just feel more myself now.”

The duo admit to sharing a love of rubbing their hands up and down the shaved portions.

“It feels so good,” said Degeneres.

Lovato exclaimed in response, “So Good!”

It premieres on March 23.

Watch Lovato’s interview with DeGeneres above.