Demi Lovatois "So Raven" when it comes to her Disney Channel Mount Rushmore.
Days afterRaven-Symonénamed herself,Hilary Duff,Shia LaBeouf, and Lee Thompson Young (The Famous Jett Jackson)as thenetwork's foundational stars, theSonny With a Chancealum echoed her picks — for the most part.
"It would definitely be Raven, Hilary," Lovato revealed on the latest episode of theChicks in the Officepodcast. "Honestly, I agree with her answers. Hers definitely resonated."
One name on Raven's list would not be etched in granite on Lovato's proverbial Mount Rushmore, however.
"She had included Shia," cohost Fran Mariano reminded Lovato, who replied, "Eh, I'm okay on that one. We can pass."
Thenewlywedsinger-actress didn't go into detail on her decision to omit theEven Stevensactor, but histroubling past few weekscould be an indication.
On Feb. 17, LaBeouf was arrested for attacking two men in New Orleans after being kicked out of a bar.
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A judge ordered him to enroll in rehab for substance abuse; however,LaBeouf next popped up in a Rome hotelon March 17, dressed only in his underwear and asking staff for a match to light a cigarette.
Lovato didn't confirm her final four choices for the Disney Channel's Mount Rushmore, but she did suggest going back even further into pop culture history, a decade beforeThat's So RavenandLizzie McGuire.
"But like you have to even go back toThe Mickey Mouse Club, too," she mused, "like people that were on Disney Channel prior to everyone I just named. You know, there was Britney [Spears] and Christina [Aguilera]" in the early 1990s.
On second thought, "maybe not," she continued. "I don't know. They were on Disney, but they didn't transform Disney Channel into what it is, and I think Raven really did that, Hilary really did that" in the early 2000s.
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To placate all generations, Lovato suggested perhaps "a separate Mount Rushmore" for the later era of Mouse House talent, like the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, "and hopefully me."
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