Rumer Willis Reveals She and Baby Daughter Louetta Are 'Down with Second Virus of the Year': 'It's Brutal'

Mar. 15, 2025

Rumer Willis and daughter.Photo:Rumer Willis/Instagram

Rumer Willis/Instagram

Rumer Willisand her daughter are going through it again.

On Thursday, theOnce Upon a Time … in Hollywoodactress, 35, shared on her Instagram Story that she and her 8-month-old daughter Louetta are sick for the second time this year. Posting a selfie with her daughter on her chest, Willis looked into the camera as the mother-daughter duo cuddled up together in bed.

“Down with the 2nd virus 🦠 of the year and let me tell you it’s brutal,” she wrote across the candid picture.

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Rumer Willis and daughter Lou.Rumer Willis/Instagram

Sharing a selfie on her Instagram Story, the star made a confused face while her daughter rested on her chest, one hand gripping her white T-shirt.

“My sweet Lou and I have the flu,” she wrote on the photo. “Wish us luck. She has 102.7 fever and I’m on no sleep.”

In an Instagram Q&A in December, the actressrevealed the special meaning behind daughterLouetta Isley’s name.

Asked where she got the name from, the new mom replied, “Her name is a mix of things I love. I have always loved the name Lou so was thinking of that for both a boy or a girl but then when we found out she was a girl, we came up with Louetta,” she explained.

“We wanted to give her options and me and my dad’s favorite singers are Lou (Louie Armstrong), Etta (Etta James), Isley (Isley Brothers).”

source: people.com