Bruce Willis has ‘painful days’ due to dementia, says daughter Tallulah: EXCLUSIVE

Tallulah Willis gave an update on father Bruce Willis’ health and how the family is coping with the “painful days” due to his frontotemporal dementia.

Tallulah Willis, 30, spoke with Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on TODAY on Sept. 18 about the “Die Hard” star’s life with the neurodegenerative disease that affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.

“He’s stable, which is good and hard in this situation,” she said. “There are painful days, but there is so much love.”

Tallulah Willis had previously described her father’s condition as “a really aggressive cognitive disease, a very rare form of dementia” in an episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show” in November 2023.

In a May 2023 article for Vogue, Tallulah Willis spoke at length about her feelings as she witnessed her father’s struggles and lamented what their relationship would have been like as she grew older.

“I’ve always recognized elements of his personality in myself and I just know that if only we’d had more time, we would be such good friends,” she wrote for Vogue.

Her father’s life with FTD has also taught Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s youngest daughter to appreciate the moments she still has with her father.

“It really taught me not to take any moment for granted, and I really believe we would be best friends,” she told TODAY. “I think he’s very proud of me. You have to be in the moment. You have to be present.”

Tallulah Willis is also open about her own health condition. She was recently praised for helping others when she shared in March that she was diagnosed with autism at the age of 29.

“It was very emotional,” she said on TODAY. “If I’m honest, I really hated myself and thought I was broken. So learning that the elements of me that I thought were diseases or wrong or just too much for this world are actually OK and just need a little more tools. And it’s given me more grace for myself.”

In addition to caring for her father, talking about her autism has become a driving force in her life.

“I really just want to help people,” she said.