Doja Cat used a string of TikTok videos posted Sunday night to get candid about substance struggles she's kept largely private, telling followers she "struggled with cocaine" roughly eight years ago and had a long, complicated relationship with alcohol — though she stopped short of calling herself an addict.

"I have struggled with cocaine; I think it could've been, like, eight years ago, but I'm well past that," the Grammy-winning rapper and singer said in one clip, dating the period to roughly the start of her breakout Hot Pink era. On alcohol, she was more direct about the scope of the problem: "I never had a problem with drugs, except for weed, but alcohol is something I've definitely had a problem with. I was never an alcoholic, but I definitely had problems."

Connecting the Dots to Online Hate

Doja Cat tied the substance use to a broader pattern she said she's still working through — using social media validation to quiet negative thoughts that were, in turn, fed by drinking. "Using the internet as a means of validation to the negative thoughts in my head, which were then brought on by drinking alcohol," she said, describing the internet more broadly as "a breeding ground for projecting."

"I'M WELL PAST THAT" — DOJA CAT, ON HER COCAINE USE

The singer also addressed a recurring strain of online harassment that brands her "demonic" — a label tied to her often shock-forward visual style and lyrics — telling fans not to engage with trolls and that she's in a healthier place now, signing off with a simple "Okayyy."

The disclosures land in a year where Doja Cat has been unusually open with fans about her mental health, following a pattern set by other pop stars who've used direct-to-camera social posts rather than sit-down interviews to control how sensitive personal history gets reported. She has not announced any new music or tour dates tied to the videos, and representatives for the singer did not immediately expand on the remarks beyond what she said on camera.

Doja Cat, born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, broke through with 2019's "Say So" and has since built a career on genre-hopping between pop, hip-hop and R&B, along with a famously unfiltered social media presence that has made moments like Sunday's videos as much a part of her public persona as her music.