June 16, 2025
Bruce Willis’ eldest daughter, Rumer Willis, has just now opened up about the pain she's experienced trying to celebrate Father’s Day as her's suffers from frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
The Die Hard actor's family has initially announced the diagnosis of aphasia, a language disorder, in 2022, which then progressed to FTD, a brain disorder that impacts personality, behavior, and language, in 2023.
Taking it to her Instagram account to share the health update of her father on the special day and posted a carousel of pictures of her with the 70-year-old actor.
“Today is hard, I feel a deep ache in my chest to talk to you,” Rumer wrote in a caption. “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. I wish I asked you more questions while you could still tell me about it all.”
While showing gratitude for being his daughter, she continued, “But I know you wouldn’t want me to be sad today."
"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. I can still hold you and hug you and kiss your cheek and rub your head. I can tell you stories.”
“I love you so much dad, happy Father’s Day. Sending love to all those who are in the boat with me or have lost their fathers, to the single moms who are the dads too, to my future baby daddy,” she added before quitting the note.
For those unversed, Bruce shares three daughters, Rumer Willis, Tallulah Willis, and Scout LaRue Willis, with his former wife, Demi Moore, whom he married from 1987 to 2000.