Bruce Willis’ Daughter Knew ‘Something Was Wrong for a Long Time’, Describes ‘Vague Unresponsiveness’
thewrap.comwide-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.
Typically caused by damage to the part of the brain that controls language and comprehension, aphasia is often caused by either a stroke or head trauma.
A year later, the actor’s family came forward again to announce he had also be diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.Though the public became aware of Bruce’s condition in 2022, Tallulah recalled being aware of it earlier than that.
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