Bruce Willis’s daughter Rumer has shared a heartbreaking update on the actor’s health in a moving Father’s Day post. The 36-year-old, whose mother is Demi Moore, posted a series of photos on Sunday (15 June) expressing her struggle with being unable to converse with her father about his life amid his dementia diagnosis.
The Willis family announced in February 2023 that the 70-year-old star had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a degenerative brain condition that affects communication and behaviour. They described FTD as a “cruel disease” for which there is no cure.
In her Instagram post, Rumer wrote: “Today is hard, I feel a deep ache in my chest to talk to you and tell you everything I’m doing and what’s going on in my life. To hug you and ask you about life and your stories and struggles and successes.” She added that she wished she had asked more questions about his career while he could still answer.
Despite the difficulty, Rumer said she knows her father would not want her to be sad. “So I’ll try to just be grateful reminding myself how lucky I am that you’re my dad and that you’re still with me,” she wrote. She noted that Bruce’s “eyes light up” whenever he sees his two-year-old granddaughter Louetta.
Rumer concluded by sending love to others in a similar situation. Her tribute came shortly after Bruce’s wife, Emma Heming Willis, praised the actor for his “resilience, unconditional love, and the quiet strength in simply being present”. The family continues to support each other through his diagnosis.
