Once you see Demi Moore in one of her iconic movies, she will stay on your mind for the
longest time. The versatile actress appears to be as gorgeous and multi-faceted in real
life. We wouldn’t be surprised to see Demi, who is currently single, enjoy a romance or
at least a dinner here and there. The reality is very different and way more
painful, however. The actress and author has only recently started healing from the deep
emotional turmoil that reared its ugly head seven years ago, right after her split from
third husband Ashton Kutcher. In this RumourJuice video, we will try to
understand why Demi Moore is guarding her heart so carefully. Who is Demi Moore’s
worst enemy when it comes to love - is it others, or is it herself?
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Demi Moore may have built an extraordinary career and is in a good place mentally. At
the very least, she is her way to recovery after everything she has been through. But
it is evident from her life journey that her demons are deeply-ingrained and can be easily
triggered, especially by Moore’s loved ones. Perhaps she is right to stay away from relationships?
Little Demi’s early years were plagued by illnesses, hardships and tragedy. She had
to battle a life-threatening kidney condition. In her memoir, Inside Out, Moore recalls how
she had to use her fingers to extract pills out of her mother’s mouth, saving her life.
As a cruel thanks, her alcoholic, often irresponsible, suicidal mother sold her out at the age of
15 for $500, allowing a man to rape her.
For a while, Moore worked as a model for a photographer who specialised in nude photos.
She was still underage at the time. At the age of 18, the aspiring actress lost the man
who she considered as a father figure. To distract herself from grief, she married musician
Freddy Moore and took his surname as her stage name. The marriage lasted for five years,
but was ruined when Demi confessed to having been unfaithful to Freddy.
Demi Moore was young, overwhelmingly beautiful… and saw her purpose in being useful to others,
hence, to choosing sexualized roles.
By the time she was 21, Moore developed bad alcohol and drug addictions. The vices were
so bad that she was cast in St. Elmo's Fire on the condition that she would enter a rehab.
"If I'd had to give up the movie and go through the program to get sober for myself, I doubt
I would have done it,” Moore admits. “I just didn't value myself enough for that.
But with the film at stake ... I had something much bigger than me to fight for. And so I
did”.
Her life became brighter when she met Bruce Willis. So how about we take a closer look
at Moore’s latest Instagram posts? They tell quite a story. Here, she’s happily
posing with her three daughters - Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah. Oh, and here’s the awesome
team of our four ladies… together with Bruce Willis?! Aww, look, all of them are posing
in matching pajamas! Nope, the cozy display doesn’t mean that the famous exes got back
together. They went their separate ways 20 years ago. But we must admit that it was pretty
comforting to see Moore, 57, and Willis, 65, present a united front against the COVID-19
pandemic. The circumstances separated Willis from his second wife and their two little
daughters. So his ex and three elder daughters were more than happy to wait out the self-isolation
period under the same roof.
True, Moore and Willis once ruled Hollywood as a power couple.
As Moore detailed in her memoir, Inside Out, they grew close sharing their stories of difficult
childhood. Both got into acting to get over their respective issues and traumas.
But with time, the couple realized that they had different goals in life. Willis didn’t
like the fact that Moore was a working Mom and wife. Moore was at the height of her career;
her husband’s displeasure overlapped with criticism for Moore pursuing higher pay. She
earned $12.5 million for starring in the 1996 film Striptease becoming, historically, the
highest-paid actress in the world. She was given the ironic nickname “Gimme Moore”
for her high demands. Later, Moore started suspecting that Willis cheated on her. On
his part, Willis expressed his doubts about wanting to stay married. The tensions resulted
in divorce in 2000, ending a 13-year marriage. At first, it looked like Willis feared that
Moore would make their split difficult, explode in anger and obstruct his access to their
kids. She didn’t. All in all, the world wasn’t ready for the civilized and amicable
way the former IT-couple separated. Here’s the trick, according to Demi Moore: “To
be clear that our children were our priority and that whatever we had was not theirs, and
find a way to share and be a family in a different form.”
Thanks to this, the three elder Willis girls grew up without having to choose their side
in their parents’ split - unlike their mother. “I'm the product of divorced parents, and
my brother and I were the pawns in my parents' game," Moore said in an interview with Harper's
Bazaar. "I never wanted that for my kids.”
In 2003, three years after her split from Willis, Moore met actor Ashton Kutcher. Despite
the significant 15-year difference in age, the two hit it off right away. For the first
time in a long while, Moore felt her heart flutter out of love.
“When I met Ashton it almost felt like a do-over, like I could just go back in time
and experience what it was like to be young, with him - much more so than I’d ever been
able to experience it when I was actually in my twenties,” Moore recalls.
Her romance with Kutcher started out so well - how was she supposed to know that this relationship
would end in a total disaster? The couple were overjoyed to find out that
Moore got pregnant! Six weeks later, Ashton proposed to her at the beach. At first, Moore
didn’t like the idea that he could be proposing just because of the pregnancy.
“But I loved him. And I knew he loved me. And I knew this baby would cement our family,
bond us all on the deepest level. By the end of the night, I’d said yes.”
Six months into Moore’s pregnancy, the star couple were about to start sharing the news.
Only to find out during a routine ultrasound check-up that they lost their baby girl, Chaplin
Ray. The pair seemed to overcome the loss and wed
in 2005. In her memoir, Moore admitted that she was desperate to have a baby with Ashton.
“My ego was attached to having a biological child I carried. ... Intellectually, I knew
that one can connect with a baby on the deepest level without carrying her. But emotionally,
I wanted to have that experience with Ashton.” Supportive at first, Kutcher eventually gave
up on the idea. When Moore confronted him - Why did he let her go through this prolonged
process and make herself vulnerable? - he said he didn’t think she’d actually go
through it. In a recent interview, Moore said she felt
(quote) “lost, empty, desperate, and confused" following the pregnancy drama. Her drinking
worsened. She started abusing prescription drugs.
Life was already miserable for the actress. So when Ashton cheated on her, she knew their
fairy-tale would never have a happy ending. Years after their divorce, Demi revealed multiple
eyebrow-raising details about her marriage to Ashton. For instance, she claims that with
his remarks, Kutcher was encouraging her alcoholism. By agreeing to have a drink or two, she wanted
to show that she is fun to be around. However, when she went too far and passed out in a
hot tub, Kutcher got angry. ”He let me know how he felt by showing a picture he'd taken
of me resting my head on the toilet the night before. It seemed like a good-natured joke
at the time. But it was really just shaming," the actress wrote in her memoir.
Next, when Kutcher expressed his fantasy of bringing a third person into their bed, Moore
didn’t say no. She was willing to do anything to make her third marriage work. The actress
doesn’t regret the experience, but has come to the conclusion that inviting a third party
to the equation can be harmful to a monogamous relationship.
Furthermore, reflecting on her failed relationship, Moore feels that Kutcher cheated on her because
he was looking for ways to get out of their marriage. Moore says she knows of two instances
when Aston wasn’t faithful to her. She was walking the red carpet when she learned about
the second time. That afternoon, she could only pray that this information hadn’t gotten
out yet and the journalists wouldn’t ask her about it.
2012 was a year of horror for Demi Moore. The man who she thought was the love of her
life had left her. Her alcohol and drug addictions worsened. Her daughters and ex-husband slash
best friend Bruce Willis grew distant. “I had no career,” Moore said. “No relationship.”
At the age of 50, she suffered a seizure due to having a bad reaction to a drug and had
to be hospitalized.
Rumours surfaced in 2019 that the actress was dating a woman, a 44-year-old Serbian
stylist and actress named Masha. Paparazzi and eyewitnesses caught the duo holding hands
and spending time with Masha’s kid. On Instagram, the stylist dedicated loving messages to Moore,
like (quote) “I am honoured to be in your life." Whether the two are just good friends
or MORE than friends, remains to be seen.
After all, Moore did reveal at the Ellen DeGeneres show that she’s maintaining her single status
by choice and isn’t exactly an avid user of dating apps. Instead, the actress implied
she’s busy taking care of her small army of cutest dogs in
the world.
We can only hope that Demi finds happiness and stability again. Does it matter whether
she chooses to remain single or allows someone into her life once more? So what do you think
the future holds for the gorgeous and strong-willed actress?