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Demi Moore’s Daughter Defends Controversial Parenting Decision

Rumer Willis welcomed a daughter in 2023.

Roosa RahkonenReporter, The Looker

PublishedApr 6, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT

UpdatedApr 6, 2026, 4:16 PM EDT

Updated Apr 6, 2026, 4:16 PM EDTPublished Apr 6, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT

The daughter of two legendary actors is defending a controversial parenting choice on social media.

Rumer Willis, the eldest child of Demi Moore, 63, and Bruce Willis, 71, posted a video to Instagram on Sunday with the caption, “Sorry not sorry.”

In the video, Rumer, 37, defends her choice to breastfeed her 3-year-old daughter, Louetta.

The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress welcomed her daughter in 2023 with ex-partner Derek Richard Thomas. The couple called it quits in August 2024, and Rumer has been a single parent since.

The video begins with footage of Rumer sitting in a chair with Louetta, her blond hair curled, wearing a blue dress.

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The toddler lies in her mother’s lap as Rumer strokes her hair and breastfeeds her.

The video then cuts to a viral TikTok clip of a woman drawing a graphic on a whiteboard, explaining that people should stay out of her business.

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“This is my business,” the woman in the clip says, drawing a circle. “And this is yours,” she continues, drawing another.

“I am here,” the woman says, pointing to the first circle, adding that the problem is that the other person is also in her circle, when they should be in their own.

Most commenters were not pleased with the post, criticizing both her choice to breastfeed her three-year-old and her choice to post about it online.

“By posting your private moments with your daughter, you are making it everyone’s business,” the top-voted comment reads.

“In all seriousness, with her being 3, at what point do you stop? Why not pump and have her drink from a cup?” another asked. “That’s a normal milestone.”

Still, many also came to show their support, writing that they also breastfed until their children stopped asking for it.

Breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of a child’s life, and beyond that, depending on the desires of the mother and the child, according to the CDC. One study found that, among children who were breastfed, approximately 11.5% were breastfed for 24 months or longer.

This was not the first time Rumer responded to online scrutiny over her choice to keep breastfeeding her daughter.

In 2025, when her daughter was two, she posted a picture of herself breastfeeding on Instagram.

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“For the haters who come at me about breastfeeding my 2-year-old [sic]. I hope you have a blessed day,” she wrote, signing the note with a kiss emoji.

Rumer has previously shared other family habits that might be regarded as uncommon.

In 2025, she told the What in the Winkler?! podcast that she still bathes with her sisters, Scout LaRue Willis and Tallulah Willis, who are 34 and 32, respectively.

“That’s just the kind of house that I grew up in,” she explained. “People might think that that’s crazy and weird, but I don’t.”

Roosa RahkonenReporter, The Looker

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