Scout Willis, the second daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, shocked fans when she was revealed to be the author of Twitter account boasting messages like, “I hate my parents” and “Terry Richardson tried to [bleep] me.” However, the famous daughter now explains that the salacious tweets were part of project for a class she was taking at Brown University.
“In connection with a class assignment, in which students were asked to create a ‘culture jam’ or ‘hoax,’ three students created a satirical and fabricated Twitter account in which everything tweeted was fictional,” a rep for Willis tells People, further explaining that Willis was one of the students behind the account. “This was done to illustrate how social media is utilized and that in today’s social media culture, you can create a significant Twitter following based entirely on fabricated lies, and that the more outrageous and controversial the fabricated statement, the more followers you will get.”
Willis certainly aimed for “outrageous and controversial” when she began posting messages on the micro-blogging site using the handle “@bougpunk” starting last October.
“Once my mom dragged me to Cartier when i was hungover so she could get ring cleaned,” read one of the first posts on the account, made back in November. “I threw up all over the bathroom…take that #newhighnewlow.”
Soon after she wrote, “Last night Terry Richardson tried to [bleep] me, I didn’t let him, obviously. But I did let him photograph me topless in the bathroom.”
Willis posted an actual photo of her taken with Richardson along with the message.
A few days later, she posted, “I hate capitalism like I hate my parents, but they both serve me so well.”
Other messages read, “I had thoughts of suicide, lol,” and “haven’t washed me sheets in like months, [bleep] stains, soda stains, mascara on the pillows the works.”
Still other messages in the feed implicated drug use.
“Casually took MDMA at this little bar downtown,” read one.
The Twitter feed only began to gain national attention recently, when the website IvyGate.com noticed the account and linked it to Willis. Coverage took off from there. Soon, the account was disabled and an explanation was issued.
Willis may well feel vindicated with major media outlets now writing about her defunct Twiiter feed.
“Current media interest in the fabricated Twitter school assignment appears to prove the point,” her rep said.