Five Years of Demi Lovato’s Ex Crying On That Beach

The Friday Post.

Spoilers for the latest episode of The Morning Show and the weddings episode of Love Is Blind near the end of this newsletter.

Every October I think about the time I went to see A Star Is Born for the fifth or sixth time (but the first time with my best friend) and forgot to call my dad on his birthday. I also think about another important anniversary that often goes unacknowledged: remember when Demi Lovato’s fiancé-of-two-months, Max Ehrich, wept about their broken engagement on a beach in full view of the paparazzi?

Demetria — singer of the song of the summer “Fast,” mind you — and Ehrich (a Young and the Restless and Pregnancy Pact alum) were a pandemic romance, the kind of relationship that only works when your life is at risk of a global health emergency and the only thing you’ve watched is Klute and Tiger King and you literally have not left your house in months (see also: Ariana Grande and that tattooed real estate guy). They met in March, quarantined together in April, and were…