Demi Moore Talks To Harper's Bazaar About Body Acceptance & Sleeping Nude (PHOTOS)

There's been much ado about Demi Moore lately, what with her uber-publicized break-up from hubby Ashton Kutcher and the drama that went with it (did he cheat, with who, etc).

So it makes sense that after an arduous journey, Moore has ended up back on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, her safe home for several years. Moore has covered Bazaar frequently, in 2005, 2008 and 2010 (that famous giraffe cover!). Now she's back for the February 2012 issue, talking about strikingly different topics than she has in the past.

Years ago, it was all about Ashton, her very modern family and her career. This time around, she and longtime friend Amanda De Cadenet chatted about self-acceptance, spirituality and -- everyone's talking about it -- Demi's ever-shrinking body.

Why exactly she is so thin she doesn't say, Demi notes that she struggles with accepting her body:

I think I sit today in a place of greater acceptance of my body, and that includes not just my weight but all of the things that come with your changing body as you age to now experiencing my body as extremely thin — thin in a way that I never imagined somebody would be saying to me, "You're too thin, and you don't look good."

She sounds, for better or for worse, like so many women who must continually come to terms with how they're shaped, what they look like and how they feel about it.

But on a lighter note, there is one aspect of her body that Demi is totally OK with. She and Amanda chatted about sleepwear:

Demi: Okay, what do you wear to sleep in?

Amanda: Nothing. What do you wear to sleep in?

Demi: I prefer to sleep in the nude.

Amanda: Yeah, me too. Always.

Demi: But on occasion ...

Amanda: Some PJs. I've seen you in some PJs.

Demi: I have them, but I just take them off when I get into bed.

Huh. Can't say we do the same. Anyway, when Demi decides to wear clothing, like the Balmain dress and Gucci swimsuit in the photos below, she looks great.

Go to HarpersBazaar.com to see more photos and read more of Amanda and Demi's frank conversation.

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Comments

[riverhouse]

08:55 AM on 01/07/2012

She's had a rough time recently but she is indeed a beautiful woman and a good actor. I feel sure she will regain her equilibrium and move on with her life.

[justoverit333]

01:21 PM on 01/06/2012

Plastic surgery, breast enhancements, hair extensions would help any look younger than they are.

[Mailman]

07:28 AM on 01/06/2012

Let this be a lesson for men and women, stop marrying people 15 to 20 years younger than yourselves. 98% of the time it does not work.

[JODH2O]

02:56 AM on 01/06/2012

He broads on here giving Demi a hard time are obviously fatsos.

[ABXNOMORE]

08:32 PM on 01/06/2012

Sure, you know that.............

[Steven Traylor]

02:49 AM on 01/06/2012

I read another story that said Demi was afraid of not being loved and so Demi if you're watching this is for you. I am 58 years old and widowed, (the love of my life died from cardiac arrest associated with kidney failure.) Even though I knew she loved me I spent the nine years with her afraid that it was a dream. That maybe she just needed my care and comfort and couldn't live without it. (I asked and recieved training to be her dialysis Technician.) All doubt left my mind the day she died when her last words were to the hospital Chaplain was "Tell Steve he really was a keeper." It was her way of saying that I was the love of her life and I already knew she was mine and told her so every chance I had. Please Demi don't be afraid to love again. I know for someone with the celebrity status that you have that it must be hard to find your soulmate. Someone to love you for all the wonderful things inside you but he is out there so don't give up and let it have some time for you to discover the real him. I know there is someone out there somewhere who will actually love you and not the celebrity or your money.

[lotusgirl]

09:07 AM on 01/06/2012

Sorry about your loss. At least you had someone who really really loved you. That's more than most can say.

[Steven Traylor]

11:48 PM on 01/06/2012

I am so sorry that you have not and I am not sure why but my heart does go out to you and I do hope you find a soulmate.

[Sandra1953]

01:14 AM on 01/06/2012

I've never met a woman who didn't lose weight after a breakup. Sad, upset women lose their appetite. Time will heal and she will eat...

[jesusandme46]

01:00 AM on 01/06/2012

shes the cats meow

[Sarge617]

12:41 AM on 01/06/2012

Demi, you are better looking now than ever, don't worry about it...

[ginausa]

11:47 PM on 01/05/2012

She has had a lot of plastic surgery over the years. She would be a lot prettier if she gained about 30 pounds. Being so thin with skin stretched over bone gives a hard aging look to her.. ick

[lgtaper]

11:47 PM on 01/05/2012

man, I would kiss her if she took her cloths off.

[GBYACHT]

11:05 PM on 01/05/2012

The woman is a fake. Fake boobs. botox, fillers, etc. Did you ever see her before being fixed up? I have. She was in a movie, flat chested with a big butt. She is a so - so actress. God Blessed her with decent bone structure and photo retouches fill in the rest.

[riverhouse]

08:54 AM on 01/07/2012

That was such a nice, kind thing for you to say about a woman you don't know. You must be one of those Christian people I keep hearing about.

[BBLOND]

10:55 PM on 01/05/2012

she dosen't look happy

[Fred King]

10:15 PM on 01/05/2012

She needs to lose her fear of carbs. You need a certain number of carbs to fuel your inner engine. She's starting to look like a survivor from some gulag. I just have a real bad feeling we'll be getting the same breaking news we got about Karen Carpenter.

[LolaM9259]

09:59 PM on 01/05/2012

I know what it is like to be her age and I weigh 113. Stress or I don't know what. It just happens but it's not good for me nor her. I call myself the shrinking lady, But I have no appetitie and I have gall stones even though one doctor said I should keep them and another said take them out. I hate food and if I eat a lot it will make me sick. I hate smelling it! I cook all the time which makes it worse. I went from 134 10 113 in less than 9 months without dieting. Doctors ask me. Had a nurse say you must not like to eat. I'd love to. But makes me sick and I still have my stones 2 1/2 years later and I keep shrinking. Food makes me sick.Paid additional $6000 with my insurnace to weigh 113 pounds and dropping everyday.

[nogoodusernamesleft]

02:01 AM on 01/06/2012

Go get the stones taken out. You will be able to enjoy food again. At 134 pounds, you couldn't have been too far overweight...just get the stones out.

[Ccwillhunt Carinow]

09:38 PM on 01/05/2012

she needs some italian food