Bruce Willis's daughter Rumer spoke about changes in the actor's condition due to frontotemporal dementia and admitted that she misses who he used to be. She said this on August 24 in a video for the medical company Function, ENews reports, writes UNN.
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Rumer noted that despite her father's physical presence, the disease has changed his personality and the family's daily life. According to her, sometimes experiencing these changes is especially difficult.
I miss my dad so much. I miss a different version of who he was. There are days when it is just so hard
She also said that she tries to focus on the present moment and appreciate the time she can spend with her father. In particular, Rumer said it was important that Bruce Willis was able to meet her three-year-old daughter, Louetta.
I try to be present where he is now
According to Rumer, after her father began battling dementia, he developed a special tenderness that she had not noticed in him before. She called it a change that contrasts with his usual public image.
There is this tenderness. He was always such a macho man, and now there is this - fragility - not quite the right word - but this tenderness that perhaps Bruce Willis would not have allowed himself to show to some extent
The actor's family has been speaking publicly about his condition for several years. Bruce Willis's wife, Emma Heming Willis, has also spoken about "ambiguous loss" - a situation in which a person remains physically present but, because of dementia, may be less present psychologically or emotionally.