Ashton Kutcher Applauds ''Amazing'' Rumer Willis for Speaking Out About Bullying and Body Image

Singer's former stepdad took to Facebook to praise the DWTS winner

By Alyssa Toomey Jun 15, 2015 11:25 PMTags
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While Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore may no longer be married, the 37-year-old actor still has love for former step-daughter Rumer Willis

The Two and a Half Men star, who currently has a daughter of his own with Mila Kunis, took to his Facebook page to applaud the Dancing With the Stars winner following a powerful essay she penned about body image for Glamour.

"It's amazing that you're telling your story and speaking up for other women," Kutcher wrote, sharing a link to a post about Willis which is featured on his A Plus website

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In Willis' essay, the 26-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore admits she "struggled a lot" with body image and was "constantly bullied" for her looks. "What it comes down to is this: We all need to stop bullying ourselves and being cruel to other women," she writes. "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." 

And Kutcher, whose first child Wyatt Isabelle is just 8 months old, is a fan of Rumer's mission to inspire other woman. 

"It's an amazing thing to see!" the actor wrote in response to one fan who commented, "It's such an empowering thing to see a woman standing up for other women and young girls. She's going against the grain and that's exactly what needs to be done. She's helping other girls realize that they don't need validation from others- they are their own beautiful, with their own confidence." 

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This isn't the first time Kutcher has shown his support for Rumer on social media. 

While the singer was competing on Dancing With the Stars, the entrepreneur took to Twitter to encourage fans to vote for the young beauty.

"Rumer, I'm so proud of you. You are an artist of movement," he tweeted.  

Likewise, Willis reached out to her former stepdad after he and Mila Kunis welcomed their first child. "I reached out to him when he had the baby, which is so awesome," the Dancing With the Stars winner previously said. "I saw photos of her [Wyatt]. She's very cute."

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