DEMI LOVATO has revealed how she was nearly crushed to death by a dinosaur.

The teen singer started her career as one of the sidekicks of children's dinosaur star Barney on the show Barney & Friends when she was eight years old.

She said she loved the experience, but revealed how it could have ended so differently.

Speaking to Starpulse.com, Lovato, who celebrated her 17th birthday yesterday, said: "We were shooting one day (and) I almost got trampled by it (Barney) because I wasn't paying attention. And that was frightening because the suit's extremely heavy."

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