Actress, Selena Gomez, 18, insists she still maintains a friendship with fellow Disney starlet, Demi Lovato, who was recently released from rehab. Lovato, 18, had a massive drug fuelled fall from grace last year, only surpassed by that of fellow Hollywood denizen and former Disney actress, Lindsay Lohan, 24. 

Gomez, who is dating 16-year-old pop singer, Justin Bieber, recently commented on the status of her friendship with Lovato, "Many may believe that if there is some rivalry between us, whether our ages, the music, by the programs we do, etc, but it is not. Demi and I have been friends since we were 6 years from when we first met working on the TV show 'Barney.' She is my best friend, like Miley, we respect our careers and our friendship and there is much admiration, mutual admiration, it makes us keep our friendship to all."