Tallulah Willis, the daughter of Hollywood legends Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, is finally putting one of the early 2000s’ most notorious gossip bloggers, Perez Hilton, on blast for years of public humiliation. She didn’t ease into the news; she just got straight to the point in a recent, candid Instagram post that immediately got thousands of people talking. In fact, the 31-year-old accused Hilton of bullying her as a teenager, alleging his absolutely cruel comments about her appearance left her feeling “cursed” and even suicidal—it’s genuinely awful for anyone to go through that, let alone a child.
What really drove the point home, and added a relatable element for many fans, was how Tallulah used her own self-love journey to frame the confrontation. She shared photos of herself alongside pictures of her famous father, Bruce Willis, from his younger days, deliberately highlighting their strong visual similarities. Willis, as you might know, was diagnosed with aphasia in 2022 and then frontotemporal dementia in 2023, which only adds a deeper layer of meaning to her appreciation of their shared features now.
She started her powerful caption with an almost joyful realization: “My Lordy! if I am NOT this man’s child.” Then, she landed the massive punch toward Hilton, focusing on one feature he relentlessly targeted. “The face, the smile, dare I say it the chin (hey @perez remember when you bullied a 13 year old for money?) that made me want to end it all, is now the most precious gift I could be bestowed with,” she wrote.
Bruce Willis’ daughter unleashes on Perez Hilton
It’s truly a story of how a bully’s words can stick with you for years. Tallulah went on to say that for ages, she couldn’t even say the word “chin” out loud. “What a cursed child I was for inheriting this joyful, expressive feature, alive with emotion,” she lamented, before sharing her pride in the hard, personal work she’s done to “rip that hate out from the roots.” I think it’s a powerful lesson in self-acceptance, and honestly, good on her for finally taking control of that narrative.
The response from the internet and from other public figures was swift and overwhelmingly supportive, per The Daily Dot. Hundreds of messages poured in, with many people sharing their own “Perez story.” Ireland Baldwin, Alec Baldwin’s daughter, quickly chimed in with a similar anecdote: “Perez Hilton bullied me about my chin at some point too!!!! Yayyyy chins!!!!”
Sailor Brinkley Cook, Billy Joel’s goddaughter, added her own support, saying, “We all have a Perez story you’re as gorgeous as you are powerful.” Other supportive comments came from Tallulah’s sister Rumer Willis, who was also frequently written about by Perez, and Keith Richards’ daughter, Theodora. It really feels like a moment where the people who were once silenced are coming together to say, “enough is enough.”
But the story gets darker. Following her initial post, Tallulah shared a second, much more disturbing one, providing screenshots of sexual comments Perez had written about her when she was just a minor. The blog post he’d written when she was only 14 years old included photos of her wearing shorts and a truly gross comment from the blogger: “Bruce Willis’s youngest spawn Tallulah lets her butt all hang out. If that were our fugly child we would have bought her a pair of pants.”
Tallulah’s response to that specific post was absolutely justified and furious. “Shame on you for sexualizing a little 14 year olds body as a thirty f—king year old man,” she wrote. She added that the “concept that you got a good nights sleep on sheets LITERALLY paid for by children’s tears is foul.” It’s a pretty scathing and accurate assessment of the entire situation, to be fair. It must be hard for Tallulah to deal with people talking about her dad and herself like this.
It turns out her mother, Demi Moore, had already called out this exact behavior years ago, tweeting at the time, “Anyone who advertises, follows or supports Perez supports violating child pornography laws.” It’s a sad reminder that this kind of harassment isn’t new, but rather part of Hilton’s notorious history.
Perez himself commented on Tallulah’s initial post, offering a typically cryptic and ultimately unhelpful non-apology: “Hello, please check your DMs.” As of now, neither Tallulah nor Perez has clarified what those messages contained.
