Rumer Willis is clarifying rumors that she lives off A-list parents Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.
“Just needed to make clear because it seems there are quite a couple of uninformed and rude people in my comments on this post,” Rumer, 37, wrote via Instagram Stories on Monday, February 16, alongside a link to her recent in-feed video about being a single mom. “I work 4 different jobs to supply for my daughter. I’m the only provider for her.”
She continued, “I don’t live off a trust fund or get money from my parents. More often than not I don’t have help together with her. So how about y’all pause before you judge and assume.”
Rumer shares 2-year-old daughter Louetta with ex Derek Thomas, whom she was in a relationship with from 2020 to 2024.
The actress’ social media clapback got here after a separate Instagram Story post on Monday by which Rumer broke down her duties as a single mother.
“Single Mothers Be Like,” text on a video of Rumer holding several items read. She included words like: laundry, meal prepping, bath time, songwriting, journaling, guitar practice, figuring out, play dates, hanging out with friends, planning afterschool activities, sleep, drinking 64 oz of water, dating, filming content and taking dogs for a walk as her list of each day activities.
On Monday, Rumer also shared one among the hate comments she received in response to her initial video.
The social media user claimed that Rumer’s family would never “allow” her to “fall into serious debt,” which is different from other single moms who’ve “added stress” of getting to pay bills every month.
“I would like to answer this with care, because I feel there’s a misunderstanding about what I used to be actually saying,” she wrote. “I’m very aware that I actually have privileges in my life that many individuals don’t, and I don’t take that with no consideration.”
She added, “I do know there are realities I won’t ever fully experience, and I respect that. But this particular post wasn’t about privilege or comparing circumstances, and it seems like individuals are assuming I used to be ignoring that when that wasn’t the conversation I used to be attempting to have.”
Rumer explained that she doesn’t act as if her family’s support is a “backup plan” for her life.
“I take plenty of pride in providing for myself and for my daughter, and I’ve carried real financial stress and responsibility,” she added. “There have been years where I used to be the only provider for multiple people, navigating pregnancy, inconsistent work, and the uncertainty that comes with that. So the concept I don’t work or don’t understand financial pressure isn’t accurate.”
As her lengthy explanation continued, Rumer noted that two things will be true.
“People’s lives look different, and none of our experiences exist in a vacuum,” she wrote.” Identical to someone with a stable job and housing might still struggle in ways which might be real to them, even when their situation is different from someone facing far more severe hardship elsewhere on this planet, all of us move through different layers of reality. Acknowledging that difference doesn’t mean we will’t also speak about what we share.”
Rumer concluded, “My intention with that post was to talk to common ground and shared experience, to not erase differences or deny reality. I feel there’s room for each compassion for what others face and honesty about our own lives without it becoming a contest.”
Rumer is one among three daughters whom Demi and Bruce welcomed during their marriage from 1987 to 2000. Bruce, who also shares daughters Mabel and Evelyn with wife Emma Heming Willis, is currently battling frontotemporal dementia.