Mom-shamers apparently decided to up their game in 2024, to our great dismay. They came out in full force to share their hateful, uncalled for comments on Rumer Willis’s recent Instagram photos of her baby Louetta “Lou” Isley, 8 months — so much that the Sorority Row actress actually removed the post altogether.
Rumer had shared adorable photos of her baby girl, who she shares with partner Derek Richard Thomas, on Instagram. “So grateful for my tiny family ✨,” she captioned the post.
One photo was a selfie of Rumer holding Lou in a baby carrier. The girl was dressed in a fuzzy pink jacket with a hood, staring out at the snowy mountain filled with trees in the background.
In another shot, Lou sits on the snow in her full-body The North Face pink fuzzy body suit. Her long brown hair pokes out of the hood, and her face is covered with a pink hat. Other photos include Thomas holding a sleeping Lou; the couple holding Lou, who is wearing a red dress with a bow in her hair; and Lou in a warm green puffer suit playing with a toy reindeer.
Rude Comments
Unfortunately, people had a huge, furious reaction to these photos. Not because Lou was doing anything unsafe or controversial — no, they were mad because Willis covered her daughter’s face in all the photos to protect her privacy.
“If you’re not gonna show the kid’s face why do you even bother posting,” one person shockingly wrote. So moms aren’t allowed to post pictures of their own children unless they show their face? I don’t remember reading that in the Instagram terms and conditions.
“Why post a picture of her and cover her face? Don’t post her, what’s the point? I mean I don’t comment on things like this but man…🤔” someone else wrote. Um, maybe because she wants to share sweet moments from her home life while protecting her daughter’s privacy from crazy, entitled people like you? Just a guess.
Someone else thinks Willis should pretend she isn’t a mom at all. “Please post you and your husband not your baby what’s the point of having your baby in the picture. Lol” they wrote with a laugh, as if this harmful comment was even remotely humorous.
Another person claimed that it wasn’t “fair” to cover her own daughter’s face. (Yes, seriously!) “So, I understand that you have the choice to show your daughter’s face or not, but you are and always have been an open out there in the public eye kind of person,” they wrote, referring to the fact that she was in the public eye as the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. “Either show the whole picture, or none at all. It’s not fair to those that follow you.”
Again, it’s not fair? What? People are treating her like a child abuser when all she’s doing is covering her daughter’s face. Give us a freaking break. What’s not fair is getting mad when someone wants to give their child some privacy.
Some people were born with a little human decency and defended Willis in the comments. “Why does everyone think she owes them a picture of her child?” one person said, calling out the haters.
Another encouraged, “Keep her private and continue to share your precious moments! You’re doing the right thing! 💕🫶”
Defending Herself
The Maya actress is used to vitriol from followers, and she has addressed it a few times in the past. In October, Willis wrote a list of recommended baby products to The Strategist, which people called her out as being too expensive. Their comments attacked her character and career. In an Instagram story, she shared a highlight of some of the mean words, writing, “So I would never normally post … what I just posted, but I felt inclined to just share because I was really taken aback at the level of negativity and just trolling.”
She continued, “I mean I know that I should just come to expect this because it’s just what people do and think it’s okay to treat other people that way, but regardless of whether you like me or not or think I’ve accomplished anything in my life or not … I’m also just a human being who has feelings.”
Calling Out the Haters
In a November interview with E! News, Willis called out breastfeeding haters. “I don’t have shame about my breasts or about feeding my daughter,” the Once Upon a Timein Hollywood actress told the outlet. “That’s how they eat; that’s how they find connection; that’s how they find safety.”
She continued, “We, as a society, are the ones who have sexualized breasts. Breasts are literally made to feed our children.”
Even if you don’t agree with someone else’s parenting choices surrounding breastfeeding, social media privacy, or anything else, it’s almost always better to keep it to yourself. And if you can’t, stay off the internet, because those nasty comments aren’t going to change anybody’s mind. Hope this helps!
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