Rumer Willis, the eldest of Bruce Willis’ 5 daughters, opened up concerning the challenges of speaking about her father’s frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
In a Nov. 21 “Ask Me Something” Q&A shared on her Instagram Tales, Rumer answered questions on motherhood and household life, offering a quick perception into her present relationship together with her dad, who was recognized with aphasia in March 2022. In 2023, his household revealed his situation had progressed to FTD.
“Individuals at all times ask me [about my dad] and I feel it is form of a tough one to reply as a result of the reality is that anyone with FTD will not be doing nice,” Rumer stated.
“However he is doing okay when it comes to any individual who’s coping with frontotemporal dementia, what I imply?” she added.
“The one method I really feel like I may reply that in a method that is, like, he is doing nice — how do I say this?” she continued. “It is like these parameters do not actually work anymore in my thoughts, so that is an fascinating query.”
In a follow-up story, Rumer elaborated on these parameters surrounding her father’s situation. “The reply that I might give is that I am so pleased and grateful that I nonetheless get to go and hug him,” she stated.
“I am so grateful that once I go over there and provides him a hug, whether or not he acknowledges me or not, that he can really feel the love I’ve given him, and I can really feel it again from him. That I nonetheless see a spark of him and he can really feel the love that I am giving and in order that feels very nice.”
Rumer shared that she’s pleased that Bruce developed a relationship together with her daughter, Louetta Willis, whom she shares with ex, musician Derek Thomas.
“I simply really feel grateful that I get to go over there with Lou and we get to spend time with him and I get to really feel the love that he has for me and that he places out for me and that I can love him and be with him,” she stated.
Rumer is the eldest of Bruce’s 5 daughters. Rumer, 37, Scout, 34, and Tallulah, 31, from his relationship along with his ex-wife, Demi Moore. Bruce additionally has two daughters along with his spouse, Emma Heming Willis: Mabel Ray, 13, and Evelyn Penn, 11.
Bruce’s household has been very forthcoming concerning the difficulties of residing along with his situation. In an August 2025 ABC particular, Emma & Bruce Willis: The Sudden Journey, his spouse revealed that whereas his mind is “failing him,” the Die Laborious actor is in “actually nice well being general.”
Like Rumer, Emma shared that there are nice challenges in residing with Bruce’s situation, however that makes the nice moments extra particular. “, generally you will see that twinkle in his eye, or that smirk, and, , I simply get, like, transported,” she stated. “And it is simply laborious to see, as a result of as shortly as these moments seem, then it goes. It is laborious. However I am grateful. I am grateful that my husband continues to be very a lot right here.”
Cheers to Bruce Willis! I am undoubtedly queuing up Die Laborious for the vacation season.
