Rumer Willis gushes over her ‘amazing’ baby daughter Louetta as she prepares to celebrate Mother’s Day and says she found ‘freedom’ in embracing her postpartum body

Rumer Willis spoke exclusively to DailyMail.com about her “amazing” daughter Louetta embracing her postpartum body and also gave an update on her father Bruce Willis’ dementia battle.

She did so on Wednesday while attending the premiere of her new film My Divorce Party at the 2024 Beverly Hills Film Festival.

Rumer, 35, welcomed one-year-old Louetta, her first child with boyfriend Derek Thomas, in April 2023.

Louetta is also the first grandchild for Bruce, 69, and ex-wife Demi Moore, 61.

The House Bunny star told DailyMail.com that she feels “very blessed” to be Louetta’s mother and that she is “the most amazing child.”

“She’s so happy and wonderful and smiley. She’s happy all the time.’

Beaming with confidence, Rumer looked stunning in a strapless black mini dress as she posed for photos on the red carpet ahead of the screening.

The star, who often appears on Instagram rocking bikinis, opened up about how motherhood has changed her body image for the better.

Specifically, the actress hasn’t felt the pressure to “come back” after pregnancy and has instead embraced the postpartum journey.

“What’s great is that I feel like having a child, being postpartum and still breastfeeding has really given me space. Like, I haven’t been in a rush to dive in and make a change,” she explained.

‘I probably eat more freely. I’m still breastfeeding, so whatever I take away from myself, I take away [from my daughter].

“It’s given me a real freedom to let my body do what it’s going to do.”

Rumer’s younger sisters Scout, 32, and Tallulah, 30, “babysat” Louetta for the night so she could attend Wednesday’s premiere.

Although she felt “a little nervous” about being away from Louetta, Rumer knew her daughter was in good hands.

‘[My sisters are] really great with her,” she said.

The Willis family has remained extremely close despite Demi and Bruce’s divorce in 2000 after 13 years of marriage.

They’re celebrating the holidays with Bruce’s new wife, Emma Hemming Willis, and their two young daughters, and they’ve rallied around the Glass actor amid his tragic health battle.

Rumer said baby Louetta’s “face lights up” when she hears her phone’s FaceTime ringtone because she knows it’s an incoming call from family.

“She’ll try to pick up the phone and see who’s on the other end, and her face lights up with a megawatt smile.”

Rumer talked about how “sweet” it was to see Demi become a grandmother.

“I think to some extent grandmas are very different from what they are like as mothers, because it’s all joy [of a child] without any responsibility,” she explained. “There’s just such a sweetness.”

Rumer then gave an update on Bruce, who retired from acting in 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia and later frontotemporal dementia, and how she hopes their family’s resilience can inspire others.

“What has been so incredible to me through this experience is that my father is so loved and I think that has been so evident in the transparency in which we have shared. [updates on his health],” she explained.

All three Willis girls, Demi and Emma, ​​have taken to Instagram to provide insight into Bruce’s condition and how their family is doing.

Rumer said if sharing their experiences “can provide hope or comfort to others who are going through it” [something similar]then that’s all for me.’

Although Bruce’s ailments are terminal, Rumer told fans that the legendary actor is currently doing “very well.”

Rumer then shared the “biggest” lesson she learned from parents Demi and Bruce and how “laughter” was essential in their household growing up.

‘One of my favorite things [that I’ve learned] of both [having] a level of silliness and weirdness and not taking yourself seriously,” she said.

Referring to a recent Instagram post she shared, in which Bruce and Demi hung out together in matching jumpsuits, Rumer emphasized that her parents always encourage her and her sisters to be “weird and silly” and “really gave us the space to be expressive.” are.’

She continued, “That was so important because, especially when you grow up as a ‘fake baby’ or whatever, you often have to act a certain way and be a certain way.”

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Rumer expressed his joy at being able to celebrate it as a mother for the second time.

“It’s still so surreal to me that I get to celebrate Mother’s Day,” she said.

As for plans with her mother and sisters, Rumer said they may host another “girls’ brunch” for Mother’s Day, like last year.