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Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bruce Willis' Daughter Tallulah Shares Sweet Photos of Actor Enjoying ‘Sunday Funday' at Home With Family Amid Dementia Battle
Hollywood legend Bruce Willis has been pictured spending time with his family members while enjoying a 'Sunday funday' at the home of his daughter Tallulah's grandmother this weekend—amid his ongoing battle with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. Tallulah, 31, took to Instagram on June 22 to share a heartwarming update with her father's fans, revealing candid snaps of the 'Die Hard' star relaxing with his loved ones, including her fiancé, Justin Acee. In one particularly poignant snap, Tallulah could be seen embracing the 70-year-old actor, while another image featured her sitting cross-legged on the floor while holding her father's hand and laughing at something he was saying. The final photo shared in the carousel of images saw Bruce posing happily alongside Acee, with shelves in the background showing a collection of family photos from over the years. Tallulah—who is the youngest daughter of Bruce and his ex-wife, —captioned the image, 'Sunday funday at Grams! Grateful.' Although it's not clear which 'Grams' Tallulah was referring to in her post, both her maternal and her paternal grandmothers have passed away, suggesting that they may have been visiting Acee's mother, or another close family member. Bruce and Moore wed in 1987 and separated in 2000. The former couple also share children Scout, 33, and Rumer, 36. Bruce also shares daughters Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, with his wife, Emma Heming Willis, 43, whom he married in 2009. In March 2022, the Willis family announced the heartbreaking news of Bruce's aphasia diagnosis, which is a disorder that affects a person's ability to communicate—prompting him to retire from acting. His final movie, 'Assassin,' was released in 2023, the same year that the family revealed that Bruce had also been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The condition, which is incurable, is categorized as a 'progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, impacting personality, behavior, language, and movement,' according to the Mayo Clinic. In the years since, Bruce has rarely been seen in public, instead spending much of his time at home with his family, including his wife, Emma, his children, and his ex, Moore, who is said to have offered rock-solid support to the actor in the wake of his diagnosis. Although Moore and Bruce called it quits nearly three decades ago, they have stayed close over the years, regularly spending time together with their wider families. Bruce and Moore once even resided close to each other, with the actor snapping up several Idaho properties after his ex. Moore resides in a six-bedroom, eight-bathroom home, which sits on a 10.5-acre plot of land. It's where she spent much of the COVID-19 pandemic, surrounded by her loved ones—and it continues to be the place where she and her family gather for holidays and special occasions. Moore purchased the property in 2000 following her split from Bruce. Moore has previously shared rare glimpses of her comfort property, revealing on her Instagram that the home boasts a country aesthetic and has wood panels. Bruce followed in his ex-wife's footsteps many years ago when he purchased multiple Idaho properties, including a ranch in Hailey and cabins in Ketchum. In 2012, he sold the cabins for $3.9 million and let go of his ranch for $5.5 million in 2018. Now, he lives in a $9.8 million Los Angeles mansion with Emma and their two daughters. The home features a private gym and an open floor plan. Gwyneth Paltrow Shares Cheeky Topless Cooking Video as She Whips Up Breakfast Inside $4.9 Million Montecito Mansion J.J. Spaun Wins $4.3 Million in Surprise U.S. Open Victory—Just 2 Years After Splashing Out $1.3 Million on New Arizona Home Justin Bieber Celebrates First Father's Day Inside $26 Million Beverly Hills Mansion—as His Cryptic Instagram Posts Concern Fans
The Sun
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Rumer Willis praises dad Bruce in rare public comment amid his Dementia battle
RUMER Willis has praised her dad Bruce in a rare public comment amid his Dementia battle. Following in her much loved father's footsteps, Rumer is also becoming an action hero. 5 5 5 Bruce Willis had his first three children in the late 80s and 90s, with actress and ex-wife, Demi Moore. The couple split in the late 90s and Bruce went on to have two more children with model Emma Heming who he married in March 2009. The five girls, along with Demi and Emma, released a joint statement in March 2022 sharing that Bruce had been diagnosed with aphasia and would retire from acting. Aphasia is a medical condition resulting in the inability to understand words and communicate clearly, aphasia typically occurs after a stroke or head injury. Then, 10 months later, another statement was shared which revealed that he received a more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). FTD is "an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain", according to the Mayo Clinic. The site states: "These areas of the brain are associated with personality, behavior, and language." Born August 16, 1988, in Kentucky, Rumer is the first daughter of Demi and Bruce. She made her film debut in Now And Then (1995), acting alongside her mother, and has also appeared in three films with her father - The Whole Nine Years (2000), Hostage (2005), and Air Strike (2018). In 2015 she made her Broadway debut in the musical Chicago and also won season 20 of Dancing with the Stars. Bruce Willis' daughter shares rare update on dad's health amid tragic dementia battle She also starred in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood as actress Joanna Pettet. In her new movie, out in theatres now, Rumer is playing a widow on the warpath in filmmaker Johnny Remo's Trail of Vengeance. And she has praised her father's career as part of the reason for her own desire to jump into the genre. In a recent interview she said: "My dad is such an action man." She added: "My mom's done her fair share [of action] as well." Mom Demi starred in GI Jane and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Speaking to People magazine, mom-of-one Rumer said that she "would love to do an action movie with" Demi, calling the idea "so fun". She added: "I felt like a little kid when I found out I got [this role]" She also shared that she is a huge fan of the Western genre including Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone and 1883. Set in 1875, Trails of Vengeance follows Rumer's character, Katherine Atherton, a widow whose life is upended by her husband's murder, orchestrated by a nefarious colonel. But in her quest for vengeance, she unexpectedly crosses paths with a former Pinkerton agent, a man with a troubled past. 5 5
