‘I faced denial,’ says Bruce Willis’ daughter in heartwarming account of actor’s dementia diagnosis

‘I faced denial,’ says Bruce Willis’ daughter in heartwarming account of actor’s dementia diagnosis


Bruce Willis’ daughter Tallulah Willis has opened up about her father’s illness. The actor has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.




In March of this year, the family of Bruce Willis communicated that the actor would put his career on hold after being diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. Since then, the star has relied on the help of friends, family and also his ex-wife, Demi Moore. Recently, Tallulah Willis, the actors’ daughter, had an emotional outburst about the family’s experience with Bruce.

In an interview with “Vogue,” Tallulah, 19, explained that she already realized “there was something wrong” with her father months before the diagnosis. “I’ve known for a long time that something was wrong. It all started with a sort of vague indifference, which as a family we attribute to Hollywood deafness.: ‘Die Hard’ messed up Dad’s hearing,'” he said.

Bruce is still the father of two younger girls, Mabel, 10, and Evelyn, 9, and older ones Rumer, 34, and Scout LaRue, 31. According to Talullah, Bruce is still very active and with refreshed memory, despite his illness.

“Today, my father can safely be found on the first floor of the house, somewhere in the large open-plan kitchen-dining room or in his office. Thankfully, dementia hasn’t affected his mobility,” she said . , who added: “I keep swinging between the present and the past when I talk about Bruce: he is, he was, he is, he was. That’s because I have hopes for my father that I’m reluctant to give up,” he vented.

“I admit that I have taken Bruce’s decline in recent years with a…

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Source: Terra

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