Before Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his daughter Tallulah knew something was wrong. In a wide-spanning feature for Vogue, Tallulah Willis opened up about what it’s been like dealing with her father’s declining health and her own complicated history with mental health and eating disorders.
“I’ve known that something was wrong for a long time. It started out with a kind of vague unresponsiveness, which the family chalked up to Hollywood hearing loss: ‘Speak up! “Die Hard” messed with Dad’s ears,’” Willis said. “Later that unresponsiveness broadened, and I sometimes took it personally.”
In March 2022, Bruce Willis’ family announced the A-list action star would be retiring following his aphasia diagnosis.