Tallulah Willis's candid message about her eating disorder recovery

Tallulah Willis has spoken out about her experience with an eating disorder, explaining to her followers that recovery is not linear. 

Willis, the youngest daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, shared a message to her "ED recovery babies" on social media. 

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She admitted she has experienced difficulty in accepting changes to her recovering body.

"I'm having an intens[e] moment of romanticising unhealthy times and how it felt to move through the day in that size body," her Instagram caption began. 

"Just wanted to voice it because I know (hope) I'm not alone."

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The candid post was accompanied by photos of Willis, 30, in her childhood.

"This little raggymuffin is so special and it's strange to know that and want to give her abundance and vitality – LIFE! whilst at the EXACT same moment feeling pulled by an old desire, deep down from the pit spot in your belly, to compare to the 'better' version of me," she wrote.

The post ended with a reminder to her followers that "it's ok to be in the middle of the messy and not totally have it all sorted yet."

In May of 2023, Willis opened up about her eating disorder to Vogue, saying she has been struggling with her body image since a fateful night when she was 11. 

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She had accompanied her mother Moore to an event, where she wore a mink capelet and felt positive about herself. 

However, upon looking at celebrity pages online afterwards, she found heartbreaking comments about her appearance.

"Wow, she looks deformed. Look at her man jaw—she's like an ugly version of her dad. Her mother must be so disappointed," she recalled one said.

"I sat reading for two hours, believing that I had stumbled onto a truth about myself that no one had told me because they were trying to protect me," she told the magazine.

"And for years afterward, protecting people right back, I told no one. I just lived with the silent certainty of my own ugliness."

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When Willis finally sought out help, entering psychiatric treatment at age 20, her medical information was leaked in the media. 

"I have suffered from anorexia nervosa, which I've been reluctant to talk about because, after getting sober at age 20, restricting food has felt like the last vice that I got to hold on to."

"I was calling mobile IV teams to come to my house, and I couldn't walk in my Los Angeles neighbourhood because I was afraid of not having a place to sit down and catch my breath."

Willis has been in recovery for a few years now, a process she feels may be "lifelong." 

If you or anyone you know is struggling, please contact the Butterfly Foundation 1800 33 4673.