During his passage in the Drew Barrymore Show On Wednesday, Tallulah Willis, 29, spoke openly about her 68-year-old father’s diagnosis.
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When she realized that Bruce Willis had a “very aggressive cognitive disease, a very rare form of dementia,” she felt that despite everything, he remained the same.
“He’s the same, and I think in this case that’s the best thing you could ask for,” she said. “I see love when I am with him, he is my father and he loves me, which is really special. »
Bruce Willis’ family, including his second wife Emma Heming, with whom he has two daughters, Mabel and Evelyn, his ex-wife Demi Moore and their three adult daughters Rumer, Scout and Tallulah, announced in March 2022 that he was the Hollywood star has retired after being diagnosed with aphasia and then frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
When asked by Drew Barrymore about the honesty of those close to the actor regarding the illness, Tallulah Willis explained the reason. “On the one hand, it’s about who we are as a family. On the other hand, it is very important to us to raise public awareness of FTD. It is very important to us to use the object of our struggle as a family and as an individual to help other people transform it and turn it into something beautiful. »
She also talked about her personal way of dealing with her father’s illness. “Part of what allowed me to come to terms with all of this was becoming an archaeologist of my father’s business, his world, his little trinkets and his gadgets,” Bruce Willis’ daughter added with a smile.