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Rumer Willis’s publicity tour continues! Last week we heard Rumer’s musings on her career, where Rumer somewhat disingenuously claimed, “If you’re talented you’ll get work. If you suck then you won’t.” I don’t have a hate-on for this girl like some people (no judgment, I get it) but I do find her mildly amusing/sad.
I find it a little sad how she wants to be thought of as both a real actress, and perhaps a unique celebrity, apart from her parents – and how she fails on both counts. I also think that it’s a little sad (and amusing) that she’s the second booked guest on The Late Show… after Howie Mandel, and even then, she gets bumped. Then last night I was watching the trailer for Sorority Row (which is the film Rumer is promoting) and I noticed something strange – she’s only in the trailer for a split second. It’s as if the producers of a crappy B-list film don’t even want people to know Rumer’s in it – and yet she’s out there trying to promote the hell out of it.
But she still sticking with it, so I have to give her some credit. She’s not going to take “no thanks, we really aren’t interested in anything about you” for an answer. She’s going to force us to be interested. Now Rumer’s flexing her sisterhood cred in a new interview, talking about the struggles her younger sisters have had with body image:
Rumer Willis has blasted “stick-skinny” actresses. The 21-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore is disgusted by “young Hollywood” because it promotes the idea you need to “see your bones through your skin” to be considered beautiful. The actress told BANG Showbiz:
“I think that in general, especially in the last few years in the younger generation, the idea of perfection that has developed in Hollywood is wrong. There needs to be a shift in that.
“I have two younger sisters in high school and they talk about image all the time. Girls need to have a better body image. The stars out there now, they don’t need to be stick-skinny to the point you can see their bones through your skin. It’s not a good look.
“You don’t need to be like that to be beautiful or perfect or to fit in. What you are is exactly what you should be. You can’t let other people dictate your life or tell you how to feel about yourself because then you’re not living.”
Rumer – who stars in upcoming horror film ‘Sorority Row’ – has vowed to devote her career to being a “positive” role model for “normal” girls. She explained: “One of the most important things that I would love to do if I get to continue doing this job is to be a really positive role model for young women about their body image and about eating.
“I want to start giving girls a better body image.”
[From I’m Not Obsessed]
Meh. I get what Rumer’s saying, I know the message she‘s trying to put out there, and there’s a good chance she’s being totally genuine. But I’m not sure if she’s the “role model” most young girls want or would ever choose for themselves. Can you imagine? Some 13-year-old girl saying, “I want to be just like Rumer Willis!” In my opinion, I tend to think young girls would look up to this identical message from someone like Scarlett Johansson, Ellen Page or Kristen Stewart. Someone young, beautiful, unique, talented and credible as an actress, celebrity and as a feminist. Not some pushy, entitled celebrity daughter starring in a budget slasher film that most likely features (and I’m just taking a wild guess here) scantily-clad girls running around, dying horrible deaths.
And one last point: as for the whole healthy body image thing, doesn’t it seem like Rumer has dropped a lot of weight in the past year? Guess she felt the need to fit in to Hollywood’s size standards after all.
Here’s Rumer and mom Demi at the Los Angeles Red Carpet Screening of “Spread” on August 3rd. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .
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