Bruce Willis’s daughter Tallulah says that the “Die Hard” star “lights up” when his family walks into his room, even though he has dementia and has trouble communicating.

The actress, 29, talked about how hard it has been to deal with her father’s illness and the hard truths she has had to face as her father struggles with his illness. The actor, who is 68 years old and retired, has frontotemporal dementia, a rare disease that makes it hard for them to speak and behave. Nerve cells in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain have been damaged.

Now, Bruce’s 29-year-old daughter Tallulah, whom he has with ex-girlfriend Demi Moore, has talked more about his health problem, her own struggles, and the signs and reality of FTD. Talluah wrote an honest piece for British Vogue in which she said that her father still gets excited when he sees her walk in the door, even though he has memory problems.

“He still knows who I am and gets excited when I walk in the room,” she wrote. He may always know who I am, even when I’m having a bad day. One difference between FTD and Alzeimer’s dementia is that people with FTD have problems with language and motor skills early on, while people with AD have more memory loss.”

Tallulah Willis talks about how she deals with her father’s health (Image: demimoore/Instagram)She then says that she doesn’t know if to talk about her dad in the past or present tense because he has changed so much because of his bad health. She admitted, “When I talk about Bruce, I keep going back and forth between the present and the past: he is, he was, he is, he was.” For that reason, I don’t want to give up my hopes for my father.Tallulah says that she and her dad are a lot alike and that they would be “such good friends” if they spent more time together. Some of the things she said about her famous father were “cool and charming, slick and stylish, sweet and a little wacky.” She says that these amazing traits are parts of him that she got from him.During her father’s illness, Tallulah has talked about many moments of acceptance. For example, she has talked about realizing that he won’t be at her wedding and saving all of his voicemails to cherish the parts of him that she still has.