Demi Moore reveals pressure to lose weight after giving birth

A beautiful, tall brunette with delicate beauty never shied away from bold roles. Understanding the importance of one's physique in an actress's career, she refused to give herself a break, even (or perhaps especially!) after giving birth. Today, she admits the pressure was too much.

In one of her latest interviews, Demi Moore shared memories of exhausting workouts after giving birth to her second daughter, Scout Willis, in 1991. At that time, the actress was living in Malibu with her then-husband, Bruce Willis. Every day, during the filming of "Indecent Proposal," Moore would ride her bike nearly 60 miles.

"I think she was, like, five or six months old when we were shooting [Indecent Proposal]. So, I was feeding her through the night, getting up in the dark with a trainer, with headlamp, biking all the way to Paramount, wherever, even on location where we were shooting; then shooting a full day, which is usually a 12-hour day; and then starting all over again," Moore said in an interview for "CBS Sunday Morning." Scout was around five or six months old at that time.

Moore admitted that she had unrealistic expectations about her return to form after giving birth. "I put so much pressure on myself," the star of "Ghost" said.

"I did have experiences of being told to lose weight. And all of those, while they may have been embarrassing and humiliating, it’s what I did to myself because of that."

Demi Moore, who received an Emmy nomination, has three daughters with Bruce Willis, with whom she was in a relationship for 13 years. Rumer was born in 1988, Scout in 1991, and Tallulah in 1994. Although Moore and Willis divorced in 2000, their family still spends a lot of time together, especially now that Bruce is dealing with frontotemporal dementia.

Demi Moore's latest film, the highly anticipated "The Substance," has been in cinemas. The actress plays the role of a TV show star who is "too old" to be on screen. Cornered by the prevailing ageism in the industry, she turns to a mysterious substance that is supposed to rejuvenate her body and face.

Critics believe that in "The Substance," Demi Moore created the role of her life. "She’s playing, in some very abstract way, a version of herself, and her acting is rippled with anger, terror, despair, and vengeance," wrote Owen Gleiberman from "Variety." The actress was known for her daring roles in her youth ("Indecent Proposal," "Disclosure"), but she was only awarded Golden Raspberries for them ("G.I. Jane"). An Oscar nomination for her role in "The Substance" seems almost inevitable, primarily since the Academy has never acknowledged her before. A better opportunity may not come along.