Demi Lovato Defends Her Tattoos-- Mom Hates Them, Doesn't Understand

Demi Lovato recently got a tattoo of flock of twelve birds flying up her forearm...and her mom didn't like it. At all.

Demi Lovato has a lot on her mind-she'll be on the X-Factor Season 3 in September, has an E-Book coming out, and may be back together with Wilmer Valderrama (they were recently spotted furniture-shopping together). But what's on her body is on other people's minds, apparently-specifically her mom.

Lovato decided to "put a bird on it"...but her mom hated the tattoo. Sure, Kat Von D was the tattoo artist-but that didn't matter to her mom.

Lovato said, "I went over to my mom's and I had it bandaged up, which probably made it look bigger than it was, so she just thought I'd got a half sleeve or something! She didn't react well and I ended up leaving. It was pretty bad."

She added, "My mom and I got into a huge fight when I got the birds on my arms, just because she has a different perception of tattoos than my generation does. And so it's hard to explain to her that it's like art for your skin and you don't have to draw it on every day."

Her dad's mum on them, though, even if her mom hates the tattoos. Lovato said, "My dad still, to this day, has not mentioned anything about my tattoo, which is pretty funny."

Demi Lovato pointed out that her tattoos aren't frivolous-they mean a lot to her.

"It's something that's meaningful. My mom and dad get so mad! When it's littler ones, my mom doesn't mind so much, but we got into a huge fight over this."

The inked singer will be on the X-Factor Season 3 in September with Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland, and Paulina Rubino as the other judges.