THE TRUTH BEHIND ALL THE DRAMA...

For those following me on Twitter, there was a lot of drama late last night, and here is the post I promised after much debate - Please watch the video below before you begin reading all this...

A couple weeks ago ZackTaylor.ca exclusively reported that Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas were dating. We reported this news based on inside information given to us by a source very close to Demi - Since this website has started, ZackTaylor.ca has always kept our sources private and confidential; There is no need to release names as that is how this gossip business works and how we continue to get insider information. I have never said the names of ANY of my sources and would never think to reveal a source unless it was in a situation that could hurt my career / reputation and those of my co-workers...

Rewinding for a bit... Some of the MANY text messages we got from our source confirming "JEMI" said the following:

"Demi and Dirk are NOT dating!!"

"They (Joe and Demi) are taking it slow is a really good way to put it, but you didn't hear that from me!!! And he didn't spend the nite. I don't know who confirmed that. And Dirk was out a long time ago!!!"

"they are meant for each other!!!!! don't you dare say I SAID THAT!!!"

"God I hope not. She has loved him since the first camp rock!!! Been fun talking to ya but gotta turn my phone off my planes takin off now!!! We will talk soon I'm sure!!!"

"you gotta be patient cuz no rep is gonna confirm it i can assure you!"

"I'm trusting you zack. I'm already a suspect and I'm close to being in trouble. I gotta lay low now. you only know the truth and ppl will see that."

“It’ll die down in a couple days, then the truth will come and ppl will then say "OMG he was telling the truth!" Then they’ll respect u even more.”

However, last night a circumstance came-up that put our website & business in a jeopardizing position - Either we reveal our source, or lose all credibility, something that is hard to come by in the blogging world with so many sites. I am never one to go against my word, and all my other inside celebrity sources have ALWAYS trusted me (and hopefully still do as they should), however, I do not take to threats very kindly like most people I know. As I always say, I will do everything to help someone in this industry, and give them my full trust until they try and f**k me over!!

The story goes that an unknown website that is also in communication with our source planted lies and told our source yesterday some wrong information that got our source worked-up to the boiling point. Our source sent me the following text message (and a couple others that I will not post) soon after receiving these lies:

"I deserved to know what kind of person you really are. Please stop talking about our family!!!! I was only trying to be a friend to you. Please just go away!!!! Leave me alone!!!"

Right after, Demi Lovato private Twittered me that if I do reveal my source that she would take to her own Twitter and report that her and Joe were not dating and fans would think I was telling a complete lie, thus ruining my credibility & reputation.

 

Honestly, I can understand why my insider (and Demi) would be upset and feeling betrayed, however, it was just another lie told to them to try and get them to spill the beans and create a story - They should have known better and not taken their fustration out / bashed me in the process of finding out the truth!!

 

So what am I to do - Sit around and let my site be made a fool of?? Cry wolf of a story and have my readers never trust me again?? Or, report the truth and hopefully people will see this story for what it is and not be upset or think of me as a backstabber to my source??

 

Maybe I am the bad guy here?? Ahhhh!!

 

Doing the right thing after much debate, I messaged my source and explained the situation, and how I was now obligated to my readers to report something since everyone was following this dramatic case VERY closely. I have even left out some messages and convos from this post to further protect the people this is about. I also didn't want to lose my integrity over one story, and told my source that the threats were uncalled for and put me in a bad position with EVERYONE... My source replied back with the following:

"Well because of the Twitter thing I had to tell demi the truth. I told her that i did talk to you."

"Zack there is nothing I can do to help anything. I've been sick about this all nite. I don't know what to tell you."

"If you reveal your sources no one will ever talk to you again."

"what do you feel you need to tell your readers? That I was the one who told you demi and joe were dating? Is that what you want to tell them? do what you want."

After telling my source that I planned to come clean and for the first time in my career actually reveal whom my insider was, I got a bunch of private Twitter messages from Demi Lovato herself over the course of the night:

 

[I cut out some messages that do not need to be shown]

These messages made me speechless... Never have I ever felt so emotional about a story, nor have I ever wanted to hurt Demi or her family... But I had to come clean, expec. after all the hurtful messages coming my way & my promise to my readers!!

So, there you have it, the TRUTH... My source was none other than Demi Lovato's own mother, Dianna Delagarza!!

She confirmed to me that Joe and Demi were taking it slow & everything else you read above and in my previous blog posts on "JEMI". She has also since told me that they are going to try and see where stuff goes once Joe is back in L.A. since it's hard for them to talk a lot since when Joe goes to bed, Demi is just waking up - The time difference is very hard on them but they are trying as much as they can. However, the good news is that JEMI is alive, confirmed by Demi's own mother, and hopefully works out once Joe comes home!!

Dianna is also very hurt by all this, and feels lied to by this other website (whom we will not name) for starting this mess and pushing her to her edge and "against" me. I know she feels that Joe and the rest of The Jonas Brothers and family will never trust HER again, nor anyone else. I want to make it clear that this IS NOT Dianna's fault, and yet just another example of how this crazy media industry world works, changes how we act, and how threats & stepping on the wrong feet never turns out well. Dianna is an amazing person, who I've known for many years, and she is one of the greatest mother's I know and has been through SOOO much with helping Demi be as successful as she is. She was only doing what was best for Demi and should not be criticized for that. Everyone should only hope that their own mother would be so kind to all types of media!!

I want to thank everyone for their support & messages. I've never been put in a situation where I had to reveal a source and it was literally one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I obviously didn't post every detail of this story above because not all those facts are needed to be told as I hope you can understand. My emotions went from feeling pissed-off, to feeling betrayed, lied to, hurt, confused, to finally a clear conscious on my ultimate decision in writing all this up and coming clean to the people who matter most, my readers. Without you guys, there would be no ZackTaylor.ca and I love each and every one of you for reading this blog, even if at times you do hate me haha!!

Trust is a big thing and I hope we can all learn to trust each other again (I just know I'm going to get a few nasty phone calls tomorrow from Disney) - I'm sorry if this report hurts anyone, namely Dianna, Joe, and Demi, but I promised everyone the truth, and I feel better for letting it out. I don't know what the future holds, and tonight was a huge wake-up call on how I really don't like this whole blogging world thingy and what it does to some people; I don't like hurting people, unlike some other blogs, and maybe this is a sign that it is time for a change?!

No matter what the future holds, I promise to always be myself and always stand by my word. This was an unfortunate situation, and hopefully it blows over.

Next!!

UPDATE 1: And just like that, like on cue, Demi updates her Twitter with this a couple hours after my big post:

I guess I'm kinda happy I acted first!! If Demi wants to start bashing me (as she promised before), I have ALL my text messages with her mother saved and will be willing to release them. Please don't push this further Demi, lets finally be honest and move on!!

UPDATE 2: Here's a quick preview of my Twitter screen and text messages from Dianna (obviously I'm not going to give out her # so stop asking) - I won't release what the messages say, as I am hoping they will do the right thing, stop making me defend myself, and hopefully this "drama" can blow over...

And for everyone asking, YES, I know what the private Twitter messages say, and the truth is, after I told Demi & Dianna through TEXT messages and over the phone that I was going public with everything, they started DENYING the whole relationship / everything as you can clearly see to try and ruin me. I hope that gets rid of any confusion. I have nothing to hide, I am just trying to be honest, unlike some people!!

UPDATE 3: Demi's mother has now deleted her Twitter account.

UPDATE 4: I hate dragging this on, but the reason I even started all this was because I felt pushed into a position where my credibility & reputation for this website was in jeopardy. The big news here isn't that Demi/Joe are dating, but more that Demi has lied to everyone - Why I don't know?! I have 100's of text messages and stuff proving my facts, and I felt I needed them to be heard since obviously whatever Demi posts reaches a larger audience than me. I went on KISS 92.5 FM in Toronto and sent them the following text messages (only a select few) between Dianna and myself over the past couple weeks confirming and leading-up to this whole thing...

Check out my interview on KISS with host Adam Wylde...

UPDATE 5: Hopefully this will prove that I was in fact talking to Dianna and that all the messages are real...

UPDATE 6: The media is talking A LOT about this story - CLICK HERE to read/listen to some stories/interviews about it all!!

UPDATE 7: Demi Lovato's mom is now BACK on Twitter - Guess she couldn't stay away from everyone!!

UPDATE 8: An inside source has just commented on the whole "situation" - Click here to read the update!!

Comments

[sara]

i support u zack

[d]

her mom is a scumbag for breaking the trust of the jonas family like that. demi must be so embarassed right now. it's not your fault zac. you do what you do and are what you are. her mother thought it's cool and mature to exploit her daughters life and flaunt a relationship. the jonas brothers like to keep their private lifes private and she took advatage like an immature gossip.

[Britney]

We all support you, and we love jemi and demi's mom, please tell them that, hopefully,tomorrow will be a better day, and we jemi fans are extremely glad to know that jemi is going strong :)

[alison]

honestly zac, this isn't your fault. demi's mother should have been smart enough not to reveal information like that. but what exactly did shanna and josh say to dianna that would jeopardize your site? seriously, anything is possible with those two. they're the biggest bitches/stuck up/ungrateful people.

[natalie]

i hope it blows over, your site is awesome and i would hate if you didn't continue on with it.

Demi's mom should have known better. At the same time, she is a good mom, but it was her fault for telling you that information.

try not to stress over it! i support you zack!

[bianca]

I believe NOBODY is at fault here-not mrs. delagarza NOR zack...Mrs. Delagarza is a wonderful woman..every one of us Demi fans know that. She was just helping you out with the site, as everyone knows, she likes to help others out. However, you were going to be madeout to be liar if you had not posted this.

GO JEMI! We support you and have been waiting for this!! It isn't a bad thing ;)

[katie]

that picture on your phone is the one from the disney family pictures. theres a so random sign in the back...

[Emily]

Im not sure what to believe. that tweet thing looks ridiculously FAKE! first of all 1 hour doesnt come between 1 and 3 minutes :) This whole thing is sorta ridiculous. Im all for JEMI but until Joe admits to be dating again i won't believe anything.

[you wish]

This in no way proves Jemi. Just because Demi was upset about something doesn't mean she was talking about dating Joe. And I'm not surprized she was upset. You make up bullshit all the time. And the supposed text messages could have been made up by you at any point.

Sorry but eveer since I first found this site I knew you were full of crap and this really proves nothing except the fact that Demi dislikes you and you made her mom cry. I hope you feel good about yourself

[Sam]

i dont believe you...at all

[mike]

i sued to hate u zack and now i am a fan

[xopurpleloverox]

i don't know why i don't believe this...

[Adam]

You... are a legend

[Saydie]

Welll I Support you Zack!
I totally understand you didn't really want to do it =)

[lolitta]

Zach you are not to be blamed for telling the truth and your loyalty to your fans who posts here deserve this from you BUT having said that
I hope the jonas family realise demi and her mother
deserve everything that happens to them for their disloyalty to the jonas family and others...If Jemi were to be a couple well all I can say to Joe is why would you downgrade yourself from dating a first class girl Camilla to a low-life chick like demi who seems to be still immmature and young and careless with whom she hangs out with...Joe was flying first class all the way and now he seems into domestic or commercial chicks that hunger for attention, fame and money not loyalty & love...

[lolitta]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN JONAS

He deserves a special day
because he deserves it and more...Let kevin be the trending topic today NOT JEMI and this supposevely hookup they think is WOW...

[janelle]

Demi just confirmed, they are NOT dating

[emmy]

Zack, if you show us this tweet:

"Right after, Demi Lovato private Twittered me that if I do reveal my source that she would take to her own Twitter and report that her and Joe were not dating and fans would think I was telling a complete lie, thus ruining my credibility & reputation."

There's really nothing she can say to that. Maybe you don't have to show everything, but just post that one... or tweet it or something.

Also, the other site seems to obvs be Oceanup. Such scum.

[lexy]

You're a fucking tool.

[Erin]

Honestly, screenshots are worthless. I could easily fabricate DMs sent from Demi to me, see-- http://i35.tinypic.com/2cdias2.jpg . Text message conversations can be held between two people to make it say what you want, and then all you have to do is change the name so it looks like you're getting stuff from Demi's mom.

I don't even know if I can trust your site-- I've never heard of it until this drama started popping up on sites I frequent. But I can trust Demi.

In the end, Demi is a smart girl, and I believe she would never put something like that in writing. Her mom seems smart, also.

Pics or it didn't happen does not work in this case.

[alex]

it's pretty obvious that this guy stopped maturing after the third grade.

[Caity]

zack u did the right thing. this is just making her and her mother look bad now. im glad you took the right step and coming out first. the more demi talks themore shes look like an ass. andi waill always come back here to read. you are my fav site. wahts the big deal if shes dating a guy. shes looking like a fool now.

much love for you zack!!

[joAnn]

WHY IN THE WORLD DOESNT SHE JUST GIVE IT UP AND SAY IT? Its gonna come out eventually, what, are they waiting till marriage like Kanielle did?? I love Jemi, everyone loves Jemi, I don't see what they're so afraid of! Disney would probably love Jemi cuz it'd get them all this publicity for CR2. Any fans who hate Joe or Demi because of their supposed relationship, those fans would probably have dropped out as fans in 6 months anyway. Real fan love is unconditional. @ddlovato, JUST COME CLEAN IF IT'S TRUE. I'm not making any solid statements here but it's totally leaning in @zacktaylor's favor.. and if it really is true, just admit it. Better fans hear it from you than him, y'know? If not, you can rest assured and do nothing because his texts won't say anything valid. But if they do... All I know is SOMEONES reputation is about to get majorly tarnished, and it's all gonna go down tomorrow.

[WTF]

I don't see how you can possibly have any CREDIBILITY when you can't even spell the word.

And dude, you made a post awhile back, though vaguely worded, basically stating that Joe and Taylor Swift slept together. Please explain to me how you can claim that you have even the slightest bit of integrity.

[J.J.]

Listen, the bottom line is none of this is any of our business, when it comes down to it. It was a terrible mistake on Dianna's part to tell you those things, but you DID NOT have to report on them. Because, beyond all of the fans and gossip websites, at the end of the day, there is still a FAMILY at the center of this.

Zack, you're running a mid-level Canadian gossip website. While I'm sure that your readers enjoy visiting your site and all that you write, and I realize you wanted to defend yourself, they would have eventually forgotten about anything you were being accused of before you leaked your source. It all would have blown over. But you went ahead and did it anyways. And you've affected a FAMILY. You've put strain on a mother and daughter AND on close friendships...not just business relationships.

I just hope you stop, now. You've shared your side of the story and caused a bunch of hooplah. But don't continue on with the story. Once again, I understand you want to defend yourself, but don't go sharing any more personal conversations and texts intended for two people with the entire internet. Just let it be. And the truth will eventually come out. And if you are telling the truth, it will be known and you'll be vindicated. But, just don't keep sharing personal conversations and stirring up more drama, thus further breaking these ties. Have some respect. And just LET IT BE.