Rumer Willis is “blown away” by her sister’s strength.
The 26-year-old singer, who’s daughter to Bruce Willis and ex-wife Demi Moore, is hugely supportive of her younger sibling Tallulah, who checked into rehab earlier this year for various issues.
The 20-year-old left the facility in September after six weeks, People.com reports. And Rumer says the fashion blogger is now doing “really well”.
"I've actually been so impressed and blown away by her strength and her openness and willingness," she said. "Not only to move past things but also to share herself with other people."
Tallulah admitted in August she struggled with body dysmorphia, a condition which causes people to look at themselves in a distorted way.
She recalled reading tabloids in her teen years and feeling “ugly” in her interview with StyleLikeU.
“I believed the strangers more than the people who loved me because why would the people who love me be honest?” she shared.
"That made me start to dress showing off my boobs and my butt and those things that I was getting attention for.”
She was also reportedly “adversely affected” by her parents divorce in 2000, after 12 years of marriage.
Rumer believes much of her sister’s issues resulted from growing up in Los Angeles under intense media scrutiny, while she had the luxury of being a teen in Idaho.
"They kind of grew up more here, so in a way, it's interesting because they’ve had such a different experience than I had,” she said of Tallulah and sister Scout, 23. “They moved out to L.A. when they were younger, so they were kind of exposed to everything a lot more."
"When you grow up like we do, everyone has an opinion of you. Everyone wants to put you in a particular box," Rumer explained. "If you get photographed the wrong way or you're at a party, it doesn't matter if you're drinking or not, you know, it's whatever the perception is. So if you allow yourself to find your value in other people's perceptions of you, then you will never be happy, whether it's good or bad."
The budding star insists she will be “supportive” of her siblings during their ups and downs.
"Because I think that's the hardest thing, when you're going through something and you feel alone and you feel like people don't have your back,” she said.
