Posted by Andrew Unterberger on 01/07/2013 at 9:21 AM News

The Popdust Files: demi lovato, nicki minaj, twitter

An even 8800 tweets into her social media career, Demi Lovato announced her exit from Twitter this weekend. The departure—which Demi considers more of a “breather” than a full sabbatical—is due to a number of gossip sites speculating about the nature of a series of non-specific freindship-related tweets she blasted out last week, making assumptions about their subject matter. (And youknow what happens when you assume, The Internet.) Demi explained:

I don’t get how people get “stories” from very vague twitter posts… About friendship…..??

— demetria lovato (@ddlovato) January 4, 2013

Blehh. I really love my fans but I hate gossip sites… Gonna take a breather from twitter.. I love y’all! ❤

— demetria lovato (@ddlovato) January 4, 2013

Sad news for Lovatics, but pop fans can be comforted in the knowledge that the balance in the pop force was maintained by the return to Twitter from Nicki Minaj, absent since December 5th for not-entirely-known reasons. Queen Barbie re-announced her return as such:

MAY YOU HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED, AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!!! MMMMUUUUAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) January 5, 2013

I didn’t leave barbz, I was still here in spirit and u guys KNOW that so stop with the dramatics!!! LMAO. come sit in my lap

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) January 5, 2013

Good of the pop world to auto-adjust to fill the void like this. Comforting, really.