{"id":192312,"date":"2025-10-11T07:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/192312\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T07:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:37:08","slug":"bruce-willis-daughter-tallulah-addresses-body-shaming-critics-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/192312\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Willis&#8217; daughter Tallulah addresses body-shaming critics online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Tallulah Willis, the daughter of Hollywood icon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/bruce-willis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bruce Willis<\/a>, is standing tall in the face of online bullying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In an emotional Instagram post, Tallulah opened up about her struggles with body-shaming and reflected on how cruel comments about her appearance once affected her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My Lordy! If I am NOT this man\u2019s child,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPjAGEVDaET\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">she wrote<\/a>, sharing a heartfelt moment of awe over her resemblance to her famous father.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/bruce-willis-daughter-fires-back-critics-who-say-shes-exposing-her-dad-he-battles-dementia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BRUCE WILLIS&#8217; DAUGHTER FIRES BACK AT CRITICS WHO SAY SHE&#8217;S &#8216;EXPOSING&#8217; HER DAD AS HE BATTLES DEMENTIA<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bruce-willis-tallulah.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce Willis smiles in blazer and blue shirt, Tallulah Willis wears nude dress on red carpet.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Bruce Willis&#8217;s daughter, Tallulah Willis, shares how cruel comments about her chin led to years of shame before finding pride in her inherited features. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>She followed with a vulnerable confession about how much she struggled with her appearance in her younger years, especially when people targeted one specific feature, her chin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wow, this is making me so full and emotional this early \u2026 The face, the smile, dare I say it, the chin (hey @perez, remember when you bullied a 13-year-old for money?) that made me want to end it all, is now the most precious gift I could be bestowed with,&#8221; she wrote, tagging celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton.<\/p>\n<p>Tallulah referred to a time when her features \u2014 particularly her chin \u2014 became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/sydney-sweeney-slams-online-body-shamers-she-transforms-herself-role-professional-boxer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">target of online hate<\/a>. She admitted that, for years, she couldn\u2019t even say the word &#8220;chin&#8221; without feeling shame.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2149198799-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tallulah Willis wearing a black hat with the name &quot;Bruce&quot; embroidered.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Tallulah Willis and her family shared that Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I used to not be able to say the word chin out loud. It was my dirty sinful malady, center stage for all the world to see,&#8221; she confessed. &#8220;At least that\u2019s what you guys said, over and over and over and over. What a cursed child I was for inheriting this joyful, expressive feature, alive with emotion!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/bruce-willis-daughter-captures-precious-moments-father-family-navigates-dementia-diagnosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BRUCE WILLIS&#8217; DAUGHTER CAPTURES PRECIOUS MOMENTS WITH HER FATHER AS FAMILY NAVIGATES HIS DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m angry at the adults they planted the seeds of self-hate, and I\u2019m proud of myself for the work I\u2019ve done to rip that hate out from the roots!&#8221; she declared.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out Tallulah wasn\u2019t the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/events\/babies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">celebrity daughter<\/a> targeted by Hilton.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bruce-willis-family.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce Willis smiling with all his daughters and wife Emma, along with ex-wife Demi Moore.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>(L-R) Rumer Willis, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Scout Willis, Emma Heming Willis and Tallulah Willis. (Stefanie Keenan\/Getty Images for goop)<\/p>\n<p>Ireland Baldwin, the daughter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/alec-baldwin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alec Baldwin<\/a> and Kim Basinger, commented in support and revealed she was also targeted by Hilton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perez Hilton bullied me about my chin at some point too!!!! Yayyyy chins!!!!&#8221; Ireland wrote, echoing Tallulah&#8217;s experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/demi_rumer_scout_tallulah.jpg\" alt=\"rumer, scout, and tallulah willis with demi moore\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>(L-R) Tallulah Willis, Rumer Willis, Demi Moore and Scout Willis attend the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. (Stefanie Keenan\/VF25\/WireImage for Vanity Fair)<\/p>\n<p>Sailor Brinkley-Cook, daughter of supermodel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/christie-brinkley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Christie Brinkley<\/a>, added, &#8220;We all have a Perez story \u2026\u00a0you\u2019re as gorgeous as you are powerful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilton also added to the comments section and wrote, &#8220;Hello, please check your DMs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After her initial post, Willis shared a follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPjNZwtDU-e\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">message<\/a> directed at Hilton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My hope for him is that this can invite some inward reflection on past behavior, and explore what was underneath the pull to tear people down,&#8221; she wrote in part.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to Tallulah and Hilton for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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