Rumer Willis declares she’s ‘single mom-ing it’ after Derek Richard Thomas split 1 year after welcoming daughter
nypost.comRumer Willis and her boyfriend, Derek Richard Thomas, have split after welcoming their daughter in 2023.On Thursday, the 36-year-old revealed she was single while answering fan questions in an “Ask Me Anything (AMA) Uncensored” on her Instagram Stories.One user asked, “Are you and Derek still a couple?” to which Willis responded, “Nope.
I am single momming it and coparenting.”The actress then took a moment to gush over her 1-year-old daughter, Louetta Isley Thomas Willis.“I’m so grateful for Lou,” Willis concluded. “She is the best thing in my life and I am forever grateful I was able to have the time in that relationship for her to come into my life.”When asked by another follower if she wants more kids, the “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” actress said yes.Something she noted during an exclusive interview with The Post in February. “I’m crazy.
I want six or seven children,” Willis admitted at the time. “God willing and my body allowing me to do so, then I’m down for as many children as the universe wants to give me.”Although it’s unclear when the exes went their separate ways, the eldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore did share that Thomas was helping her with her music career in May.“You know, my partner and my daughter’s dad is an incredible songwriter and musician,” Rumer told The Post, “and he’s been helping me out a lot with just kind of getting the confidence to write more and put myself out there to keep always putting new music out.”But regardless of being sans relationship, being a mother is the most important role in the star’s life.“My daughter is: she’s so funny and brilliant and silly and like, even the expressions she makes, you know, so I feel unbelievably lucky,” Rumer confessed.
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