Who is Tallulah Willis? Bruce Willis’ daughter defends posting dad on social media following backlash

Tallulah Willis, the youngest daughter of Hollywood icons Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, recently got dragged into a social media controversy after posting photos of her father.

The 70-year-old actor, who has been battling frontotemporal dementia since 2022, spent most of the last few years in private and avoiding media appearances as his family struggled with his deteriorating health. However, when Tallulah shared candid pictures of her father spending time with his family, not all of her followers were supportive.

Tallulah Belle Willis, born February 3, 1994, is the youngest of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s three daughters. According to People, partly raised in Idaho, she did not fully appreciate the magnitude of her family’s celebrity status until they moved to Los Angeles.

Tallulah, like her sisters Rumer Willis and Scout Willis, acted as a child in movies such as Bandits and The Whole Ten Yards, but she eventually became more interested in visual arts and raising awareness around mental health.

Tallulah Willis created her own clothing line, Wyllis, in 2020 that combines her artistry with mental health awareness. The clothes feature stitched-in tags naming hotline numbers and instilling messages of support.

"Basically my dream is to have wild success with my clothing line, heal the world with mental health and then move somewhere on a ranch and get 15 dogs of all shapes and sizes." She told People in an interview.

A look into Tallulah Willis mental health struggles and and her recent controversial post

Throughout her adult life, Tallulah Willis has always been honest about grappling with drug and alcohol abuse as well as body image and mental health issues.

She has publicly shared her struggle to overcome an eating disorder and her diagnoses of borderline personality disorder and, most recently, autism. Such deeply personal revelations have since become central to her public persona as she continues to champion mental health awareness and emotional openness.

"I did not value myself, my life or my body and as such I was constantly punishing for not being enough. Self annihilation fueled with medicating left me a shell, and the world on mute." She wrote in an Instagram post caption.

Tallulah Willis recently posted some family pictures on her Instagram with the caption “Sunday funday at Grams! Grateful.” The post featured a smiling Bruce Willis surrounded by his loved ones.

According to Yahoo News, the post was widely lauded as touching, but one commentator accused Tallulah of exploiting her father at a time of weakness and asked if she took Bruce Willis' consent before posting such images. To which Tallulah supposedly replied in comments saying,

"Hi. I hear that. As a family we use our discretion when posting. Today was a great day filled with smiles. I made the judgment call to show that to the world, because I know what he means to everyone." She wrote in reply according to Yahoo News.

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Tallulah Willis has also been candid about the emotional burden of her father’s diagnosis. In an essay for Vogue in 2023, she wrote about the moment when she finally grasped the truth of his condition and what that realization meant for her own healing.

Although she has had a tough road, Tallulah is now extremely close with her parents and sisters, and her recent post was seen as indicative of their close relationship.

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