CNN —Bruce Willis’ daughter, Tallulah, has revealed her difficulties coming to terms with her father’s frontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis and shared details about its impact on her family’s life.
“I keep flipping between the present and the past when I talk about Bruce: he is, he was, he is, he was.
She recalled the first signs of her father’s illness, which the family initially announced was aphasia, a condition that can hinder communication.
He had had two babies with my stepmother, Emma Heming Willis, and I thought he’d lost interest in me.
Though this couldn’t have been further from the truth, my adolescent brain tortured itself with some faulty math: I’m not beautiful enough for my mother, I’m not interesting enough for my father.”Tallulah Willis is the youngest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.
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Organizations:
CNN, Vogue, Mayo Clinic, Getty
Locations:
Tallulah, Texas