Bruce Willis and Rumer Willis. (Photograph by Getty)
Rumer Willis has shared a brand new well being replace about her dad, Bruce Willis, amid his dementia battle.
The actress responded to a fan query concerning the Die Laborious star by way of Instagram Tales on Thursday, August 22.
“He’s nice. I really like him a lot. Thanks,” Rumer, 35, wrote as she shared a photograph of the father-daughter duo holding arms.
Bruce’s household shared in 2022 that the Sixth Sense actor, 69, had been recognized with aphasia, a dysfunction that impacts how an individual is ready to talk.
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“To Bruce’s wonderful supporters, as a household we needed to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some well being points and has lately been recognized with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive skills,” the household wrote in a press release shared by way of Instagram in March 2022. “Because of this and with a lot consideration Bruce is stepping away from the profession that has meant a lot to him.”
A yr later, the household shared that Bruce’s situation had progressed to a “extra particular prognosis: frontotemporal dementia (often known as FTD).”
FTD is an “umbrella time period for a gaggle of mind ailments that primarily have an effect on the frontal and temporal lobes of the mind” – areas which can be “related to persona, habits and language,” in keeping with Mayo Clinic.
Along with Rumer, Bruce additionally shares daughters Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30 with Demi Moore, 61, and is father to daughters, Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10, with spouse Emma Heming – all of whom have rallied across the star since his prognosis.
“This expertise has introduced the entire household even nearer collectively,” a supply solely shared with Us Weekly in December 2023. “Nobody is aware of how a lot time Bruce has left, so that they’re absorbing each second they get with him.”
Within the candid fan Q&A on Instagram, Rumer additionally divulged that she had break up along with her boyfriend Dereck Richard Thomas.
The previous couple share 1-year-old daughter, Louetta, and Rumer stated she was now “single-moming it and coparenting.”
Rumer Willis and musician Derek Richard Thomas debuted their romance almost one month earlier than asserting they had been anticipating their first youngster. The twosome posed for a sequence of images collectively, shared by way of Instagram in November 2022, wherein the guitarist kissed the 90210 alum’s cheek. “♥️🦞🐞🪱🦧♥️,” Willis and Thomas captioned their joint social media add. […]
Rumer beforehand shared particulars about her dad’s candy bond along with his granddaughter.
“He’s so good. I truly obtained to see him proper earlier than I got here out [to New York],” Rumer stated on the Immediately present in Could. “And Lou is simply beginning to stroll somewhat bit, and she or he was strolling over to him, and it was so candy.”
The Sorority Row star added that seeing her dad and mother’s interactions along with her daughter introduced again fond reminiscences of her personal childhood.
“He’s a woman dad, via and thru. I noticed him with my sisters, my little sisters,” she stated. “Truthfully, seeing them [Bruce and Moore] along with her, it virtually unlocks all of those childhood reminiscences as a result of being a grandparent, I believe, is the most effective. They’ve the entire love and pleasure with none of the duties. They get to only spoil her.”
