Bruce Willis, Demi Moore’s Daughter Tallulah Willis Opens Up About Eating Disorder, Sobriety

Tallulah Willis recently opened up about her battle against her eating disorder and her struggles to stay sober.

Over the weekend, the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore posted a throwback photo of herself holding a can of beer while smoking a cigarette via her Instagram account. She revealed that the snap was taken during a time when she was very malnourished and failed to value her own life and body. Towards the end of her caption, Willis clarified that it was never her intention to push an agenda. Rather, she is simply sharing her own struggles and story.

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A few hours after she posted the photo, Willis’ older sister, Rumer Willis, expressed her love and support for her younger sibling. On her Instagram account, the former “Dancing With the Stars” contestant said she is very proud of her “Tallulah Belle.” She added that being sober and eating healthy for three years is something she should shout out to the world. Last week, Moore’s eldest daughter also announced that she is six months sober.

Meanwhile, this is not the first time that Willis has opened up about her issues with substance abuse. While speaking with Teen Vogue in 2015, the 23-year-old revealed how her battle against an eating disorder started. “Then I started to get boobs, and that’s when my eating disorder really sparked. I began starving myself. I was trying to become the super quiet girl who smoked a lot of weed and was really skinny and serious. In the same way I used substances, I used shopping and even social media for vapid validation. I would dye my hair or get a tattoo or piercing. There was always something that I believed would fix things, some way I could avoid being myself,” she said.

Before turning 20 years old, Willis said that she underwent a 45-day inpatient treatment, and this is how things started getting better for her again. “I’m growing every day and breaking old patterns. It’s not an easy way out for me. I want to be brave and don’t want to let anyone keep me locked up in a tower because I’m scared,” she said.