Right-wing coverage portrays Doja Cat’s TikTok remarks as both a personal account of past substance struggles and a broader warning about how online hostility can reinforce harmful thoughts. The reports also frame her response to “demonic” claims as an attempt to redirect the discussion toward addiction, mental health and projection.

The central tension in her comments is between blunt disclosure and clear distance from her past: she acknowledged difficult experiences while saying they no longer define her. Her message also challenged the tendency to treat harsh internet judgments as simple truths.

In one account, Doja Cat said she had been reluctant to speak but believed healing required confronting fear. She described alcohol as a particular problem, while rejecting the label of alcoholism: “I was never an alcoholic, but I definitely had problems.”¹ She also said using the internet for validation could feed negative thoughts that drinking had intensified.

Both reports emphasize her warning that substance use, social media and mental illness can compound one another. Addressing past cocaine use, she said, “I have struggled with cocaine … I think could have been like eight years ago, but I’m well past that, so … thank God.”² The accounts differ mainly in emphasis: one also notes her previously disclosed Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis and how it affects trust in relationships, while the other places more weight on her reported wish to step back from fame.

On the accusations that she has “demons” or evil in her, Doja Cat did not simply rebut the language. Instead, she connected it to addictions and untreated mental-health problems, arguing that hostile comments often reflect the commenter’s own distress. “Think about what you’re saying; think about if it’s a projection,” she said, urging users to be more deliberate online.¹