In honor of Father’s Day, Rumer Willis penned an emotional message for her dad, Bruce Willis. The heartfelt post also shed light on the former actor’s health amid his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. The actress and singer shared several photos of her dad and admitted that Father’s Day is “hard” for her now.
“I feel a deep ache in my chest to talk to you and tell you everything I’m doing and what’s going on in my life,” Rumer wrote on Instagram. “To hug you and ask you about life and your stories and struggles and successes. I wish I asked you more questions while you could still tell me about it all.”
Later in the post, she said that she’s trying to maintain a more positive outlook given that she’s “lucky” that Bruce is her dad. Although her relationship with her father looks a bit different now due to FTD, she still finds ways to connect with him.
“I know you wouldn’t want me to be sad today so I’ll try to just be grateful reminding myself how lucky I am that you’re my dad and that you’re still with me and I can still hold you and hug you and kiss your cheek and rub your head I can tell you stories,” she continued. “I can watch the way your eyes light up when you see Louetta I will be grateful for every moment I have with you.”
Louetta is Rumer’s daughter, whom she welcomed in 2023. Father’s Day was also an emotional day for Bruce’s wife, Emma Heming Willis. Bruce and Emma share two daughters: Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11. In her post, Emma wrote about how Bruce has taught his daughters “resilience, unconditional love, and the quiet strength in simply being present.”
But at the same time, Father’s Day is challenging for the family. “These symbolic days stir up a lot,” Emma admitted. ”I’m profoundly sad today. I wish, with every cell in my body, that things could be different for him and lighter for our family.”
She wished everyone navigating something similar a happy Father’s Day. “Happy Father’s Day to all the dads living with disability or disease, showing up in the ways they can and to the children who show up for them,” she said.
Another of Bruce’s adult daughters, Tallulah Willis, commented on the vulnerable post, writing, “Love you so much. Love him. Love our family.”
