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The daughter of an iconic actor revealed more details about her father\u2019s ongoing health this week.<\/p>\n
Actress Rumer Willis provided a candid update about her father Bruce Willis\u2019s ongoing battle with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), revealing that while he is not doing \u201cgreat,\u201d he is managing as well as possible, according to\u00a0Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople always ask me [how he\u2019s doing] and I think it\u2019s kind of a hard one to answer because the truth is that anybody with FTD is not doing great,\u201d Rumer Willis said during a Q&A with fans on her instagram, Entertainment Weekly reported.<\/p>\n She emphasized the emotional complexity of her father\u2019s condition, sharing that despite the challenges, she remains grateful for moments of connection and love, noting that she can still feel \u201ca spark of him\u201d when they spend time together, according to\u00a0InStyle<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m so happy and grateful that I still get to go and hug him. I\u2019m so grateful that when I go over there and give him a hug, whether he recognizes me or not, that he can feel the love I\u2019ve given him, and I can feel it back from him,\u201d she was reported as saying.<\/p>\n Bruce Willis was first diagnosed with aphasia in 2022, which progressed to a frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in February 2023, with his family being transparent about the challenges of the condition that currently has no treatment or cure, according to\u00a0Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n The actor\u2019s wife, Emma Heming Willis, took to Instagram on Father\u2019s day<\/a> this year to provide a health update on her husband.<\/p>\n \u201cHappy Father\u2019s Day to all the dads living with disability or disease, showing up in the ways they can and to the children who show up for them,\u201d she wrote in an Instagram post<\/a>, which depicted Willis with his face obscured by a hat.\u2028<\/p>\n Heming Willis reflected on her husband\u2019s updated diagnosis in the Father\u2019s Day post, stating that \u201cthese symbolic days stir up a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m profoundly sad today,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI wish, with every cell in my body, that things could be different for him and lighter for our family.\u201d<\/p>\n But Heming Willis also used the post to share some uplifting messages, and spoke about her husband\u2019s presence in the lives of their children; she and the actor share two daughters, in addition to his three daughters with actress Demi Moore \u2014 including Rumer.<\/p>\n Rumer Willis expressed in her post this week that she is particularly grateful to spend time with her father, especially watching him interact with her 2-year-old daughter Louetta, finding moments of joy and connection despite the challenging circumstances, according to\u00a0Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n Generative AI was used to help draft this story based on available news sources. It was reviewed and edited by MassLive staff.<\/i><\/p>\n MassLive writer Victoria Wasylak contributed material in this article.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n