Rumer Willis' Advice on Bullying: We Need to Stop 'Being Cruel to Other Women'
The star shares her fight for self-acceptance.
— -- Rumer Willis revisited a painful past of being bullied as a kid and called on everyone to stop it.
The star, 26, shared her journey in an upcoming issue of Glamour magazine, telling details about her continuous fight for self-acceptance.
“When you grow up in the public eye the way that I did, everyone's looking at you and waiting for you to do something crazy or say something wrong or have a meltdown," Willis told the magazine. "I was constantly bullied because of my looks, so I struggled a lot with my body image."
“But the real pressure comes from the Internet and social media—the mentality that it's OK to attack people from behind a computer screen," she added. "Strangers say the nastiest things."
As Willis revealed coming face-to-face with her struggle, she stressed to others to stop bringing each other down.
“What it comes down to is this — we all need to stop bullying ourselves and being cruel to other women," she said. "Attacking one another instead of supporting one another has become the norm. Life’s hard enough as it is. Let’s find strength in the fact that we’re different and unique. Let’s allow ourselves to say, 'These are my flaws, but I’m still beautiful.'
"Let’s find our own value, know what we have to offer, and know that that is enough."
July's issue of Glamour magazine hits national newsstands on June 16
