Overview

• On Father’s Day, Emma Heming Willis paid tribute to fathers living with disability, expressing profound sadness and grounding herself with the phrase “it is what it is.”
• Rumer Willis described feeling a “deep ache” in her chest as she wished she could ask her father more questions but chose to focus on gratitude for every moment they share.
• Both highlighted Bruce Willis’s enduring strengths—resilience, unconditional love and quiet presence—and noted how his eyes still light up when he sees his granddaughter Louetta.
• Since Bruce’s frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in 2023, Emma Heming Willis has become a vocal advocate for caregivers, earning a Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement caregiving award and calling for more support resources.
• The former actor, who stepped back from acting in 2022 after an aphasia diagnosis, remains largely nonverbal and relies on daily support from his wife, his five daughters and ex-wife Demi Moore.