Rumer Willis has shared a tearful update about her father Bruce’s health.
It was revealed the Die Hard actor, 70, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 2022.
And now Rumer, 37, has shared more about her dad’s condition during an Instagram Q&A with fans.
“People always ask me this question and I think it’s a hard one to answer,” Rumer said in a tearful video, when a fan asked how her father was doing.
“The truth is that anybody with FTD is not doing great, but he’s doing okay in terms of somebody who is dealing with frontotemporal dementia.”
“The only way that I feel like I can answer that in a way that was like ‘he’s doing great’ is like, those parameters don’t really work anymore in my mind,” she continued.
Rumer said she felt “so lucky, happy, and grateful” to be able to spend time with her dad, despite that he sometimes doesn’t remember who she is.
“I’m so grateful that when I go over there and I give him a hug, whether he recognises me or not, that he can feel the love I’ve given him and I can feel it back from him.
“I still see a spark of him and he can feel the love that I’m giving, so that feels really nice.”
She added that she’s also pleased her 23-month-old daughter Louetta can see her granddad.
“I just feel grateful that I get to go over there with Louetta and we get to spend time with him, and I get to feel the love that he has for me, and that I can love him and be with him,” she concluded.
In August, Bruce’s wife, and carer, Emma Heming Willis, said the Bruce is “in really great health” but “his brain is failing him”.
“The language is going and, you know, we’ve learned to adapt, and we have a way of communicating with him, which is just a different way,” she told Good Morning America.
The model went on to say that she still has moments when she recognises her husband.
“We still get those days, not days, but we get moments,” she added.
“It’s his laugh, right?
“Like he has such a hearty laugh, and sometimes you’ll see that twinkle in his eye or that spark, and I just get transported, and it’s just hard to see, because as quickly as those moments appear, then it goes, so it’s hard, but I’m grateful, I’m grateful that my husband is still very much here.”
