Tallulah Willis Writes Empowering Post About Embracing Her Chin After Years of Being Bullied Online
Tallulah Willis is speaking out about her experiences of being bullied over her appearance as a child and how she’s learned to embrace her looks as an adult.
The 31-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore wrote an emotional Instagram post about how she now considers her chin to be “the most precious gift I could be bestowed with.” She also called out blogger Perez Hilton for the comments he once made about her.
“!! My Lordy! if I am NOT this man’s child 💛💛 Wow this is making me so full and emotional this early Wednesday morning. 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,” Tallulah began her post.
She continued, “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. At least that’s 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!”
“I’m angry at the adults they planted the seeds of self hate, and I’m proud of myself for the work I’ve to rip that hate out from the roots! love u all. stay the course,” Tallulah added.
Tallulah also shared a screencap of an old Perez Hilton article, in which she was called a “fugly child.”
She said about the writer, “Shame on you for sexualizing a little 14 year olds body as a thirty fucking year old man. The concept that you got a good nights sleep on sheets LITTERALLY paid for by children’s tears is foul. The hurt and damage you elicited on my being stayed with me for too long, but I did not break. I healed, I rose and I conquered… I’m not@looking for pity, I’m looking for a call to arms to support the mental health of young people and their precious relationships with self image. 💛💛 let’s stop the cycle here. Let’s stop stacking hurt on hurt.”
Tallulah later shared her hopes for Perez‘s future.
“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. I wish him and his family well. All we can do is kindness 💛💛,” she said.
Tallulah recently responded to criticism she received for sharing photos of her dad amid his dementia battle.
