Actress Rumer Willis said discussing Bruce Willis’s FTD publicly is important because it can raise awareness and help families dealing with frontotemporal dementia feel less isolated.
Speaking to OK! Magazine in an interview about her partnership with health platform Function, Rumer said the public response to her father’s diagnosis had shown her how many families are affected by FTD.
She said people regularly approach her to send love to actor Bruce Willis or share their own experiences with the condition.
Rumer described vulnerability as valuable while acknowledging that families also need privacy. Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023.
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— Function Health (@function) August 24, 2026Rumer also praised her stepmother, Emma Heming Willis, for launching The Emma & Bruce Willis Fund in March to support FTD research and family caregivers.
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She said she hoped public conversations and the foundation’s work could help families obtain more information and eventually contribute to better treatments.
The interview also touched on Rumer’s own health priorities and her efforts to better understand her reproductive health as she considers having more children.
