Rumer Willis thinks blended families can be "challenging" to manage
The 36-year-old actress is the daughter of Hollywood stars Bruce Willis and Demi Moore - who also have Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30, together - but he later went on to marry Emma Heming and has Mabel, 12, as well as 10-year-old Evelyn, with her but noted that because her parents have always prioritised their children, things have worked out for the best
22 October 2024
She told People: "It means so much to me, the way that my mom, and I think to all of my sisters and I, the way that my mom shows up for all of us as we are working with it, as she is working with it, even how she is with my other little sisters.
"We go over to dinner at Emma's house with the girls and we're family. And I think family can look differently in a lot of ways, but it's just about what it means.
"I never had to split a holiday. We never had to split family vacations or Christmases or birthdays. And I think that a lot of the time, it's just our own ego.
"If you put your kids first, if you're fighting with that person and can't put aside whatever it is for your kid, that's about you. That's how I feel about it. And I know it's challenging sometimes."
The 'House Bunny' star is mother herself to Louette, 18 months, with her former partner Derek Richard Thomas and noted that she has learned by example when it comes to parenting after the end of a relationship.
She said: "I feel like my parents set such an unbelievable example, even when they separated of the co-parenting dynamic, and Derek's my best friend, and that has not changed."
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