Rumer Willis, daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, opened up about her unusually close relationship with her mother and sisters, acknowledging that some of their shared rituals might seem unconventional to others.
In a heartfelt conversation on the “What in the Winkler?!” podcast, the 36-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore opened up about the intimate family rituals she’s kept alive into adulthood. From co-sleeping with her own daughter to still taking baths with her sisters, Rumer made it clear that her family is anything but conventional — and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
“I co-sleep with Louetta and have not spent a night away from her since she was born,” she said, referring to her almost two-year-old daughter. “I hope Lou will still sleep in bed with me when she’s my age. I still sleep in bed with my mom and I don’t think it’s weird.”
It’s a level of connection that some might find surprising, but for Rumer and her sisters, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 31, it’s part of the fabric of their uniquely bonded upbringing. “We all still take baths together, my sisters and I,” she shared. “And that’s just the kind of house that I grew up in.”
She added with a laugh, “People might think that that’s crazy and weird, but I don’t.”
Rumer went on to reflect on societal expectations of independence and how quickly children are expected to separate from their parents. “I always think about it as, imagine if you took a baby gorilla or a dog when it was two weeks old or three months old, and had it sleep in a different room than [its] mom,” she said. “Everyone would look at you like you were crazy.”
“Yet we’re like, ‘Oh no, that kid can sleep through the night. It’s got to fend for themselves, got to learn how to self-soothe.’ They can’t even feed themselves!”
She drove her point home with honesty and humor: “By the way, we as adults don’t even know how to self-soothe. People drink wine, people do drugs, people eat an entire tub of ice cream.”
Though her parents, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, divorced in 2000 after 13 years of marriage, Rumer credits them with creating a model of enduring love and family unity that continues to influence her own parenting journey.
“Even when they split up, they created such a beautiful foundation of prioritizing my sisters and I, that I never felt like I had to choose,” Rumer said during a recent appearance on the British show Loose Women. “They never played against each other. We were a family, and we still are very much a family no matter what.”
The close-knit blended family has continued to celebrate holidays and major milestones together — including rallying in support of Bruce following his 2022 diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
As Rumer continues her journey as a mother, she holds the example of her own siblings and upbringing close to heart. In an “Ask Me Anything” session last year, she confirmed she’s open to having more children — largely because of the joy her sisters bring to her life.
“Having siblings is one of the best parts of my entire life,” she wrote. “Scout, Tallulah, Mabel and Evelyn are my best friends and favorite people, and I want that for Lou.”
In a world that often praises independence above intimacy, Rumer Willis is boldly choosing closeness — whether it’s sharing a bathtub or a bedtime. And in doing so, she’s reminding us all that sometimes, the strongest family bonds are built in the most tender and unexpected ways.
