This week saw US celebrity Demi Lovato promoted to purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The promotion was confirmed on her Instagram where she showed a picture of the newly acquired belt, alongside the caption “Purple belt yall”. Underneath this caption, it was also written “Long overdue level up for this one”
Whilst a lot of public attention was given to Lovato after receiving her blue belt several years ago, the star has been less open about her training since then. In between, she also appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast and claimed that she wasn’t training at the time.
This led a number of people to add up her training time and question the legitimacy of the promotion, as it did seem far quicker than usual. Alongside the probability that Lovato didn’t train or spar with regular people, this assumption led to various criticisms of her new purple belt. At the same time, some were less critical and weren’t as bothered.
Regardless of opinions, it is now a fact that Demi Lovato is now a purple belt in BJJ. Whilst that is an odd sentence to write, it’s nonetheless a reality.
