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Rumer Willis Talks Dad Bruce Willis' Latest Role: Being a Grandfather
Bruce Willis is unbreakable.
Two years aft the 69-year-old stepped distant from acting amid his conflict with frontotemporal dementia, his girl Rumer Willis shared an encouraging update connected her father.
"He's doing truly well," she exclusively told E! News astatine a screening of Trail of Vengeance by SkipStone Pictures. "I've seen him similar the different the different day, close earlier I near and we got to each spell over, and it was truthful wonderful."
The 35-year-old continued to gush astir however her begetter is arsenic a gramps to her daughter, Louetta, 17 months, who she shares with ex Derek Richard Thomas.
"She's the lone grandchild. It's conscionable nice," Rumer shared. "I consciousness similar being capable to stock successful immoderate benignant of, you know, similar a caller beingness and grandchildren era, is conscionable specified a beauteous thing."
She went on, "And, you know, particularly due to the fact that he's specified a miss dada anyway. I mean, having different miss is beauteous cool."
Rumer added that it's "so sweet" seeing Bruce—who shares Rumer and her sisters Scout Willis, 32, and Tallulah Willis, 30, with ex-wife Demi Moore—with his granddaughter and that "everyone's obsessed" with Louetta—so overmuch truthful that "they telephone and privation to person playdates with her."
The House Bunny actress' update follows her caller reveal that she and Derek had breached up a twelvemonth aft welcoming their girl into the world. Even though they're not unneurotic romantically anymore, Rumer shared that coparenting has been going well.
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"Derek and I person an unbelievable coparenting narration and relationship that’s truthful loving and wonderful," she told E! News. "I person specified an unthinkable illustration of that with my parents, that that's created specified a beauteous instauration for us."
The actress—who has since moved connected to a caller section successful her idiosyncratic life—continued, "He’s inactive my champion friend."
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When she shared the quality of her breakup with the world, Rumer stressed that her girl remained her priority.
"I americium azygous momming it and coparenting," she wrote connected her Instagram Stories Aug. 22. "I'm truthful grateful for Lou. She is the champion happening successful my beingness and I'm everlastingly grateful I was capable to person the clip successful that narration for her to travel into my life."
Keep speechmaking for much moments from the Willis family.
--Reporting by Amanda Champagne-Meadows
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Bruce's 69th Birthday
"Oh Daddio, to beryllium loved by you is specified a gift," Rumer Willis wrote successful an Instagram tribute to her begetter successful March 2024. "You are the funniest, astir tender, charming, retired of this satellite silly talented and magical papa. Looking done these photos this greeting I americium conscionable filled with the deepest gratitude that we chose to walk this beingness together. I americium your archetypal babe and antheral sometimes I privation I could beryllium tiny capable to conscionable cozy up connected your thorax again and laughter and cuddle you."
She continued, "I emotion you truthful heavy successful my bones I don’t cognize however my muscles clasp them. You are the top papa I could ever anticipation for. Thank you for your generosity, your silliness and heart. Lou loves you truthful big. Happy Birthday Daddio."
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Valentine's Day 2024
Love is simply a beauteous thing," the actor's woman Emma Heming Willis wrote connected Instagram, astir precisely 1 twelvemonth aft his household announced his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. "Wishing you each a Happy Valentine’s Day."
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Tallulah Willis' 30th Birthday Celebration
In February 2024, Demi Moore shared this pic of her ex-husband with the youngest of the 3 daughters they stock together, writing, "Showering our @buuski with emotion contiguous connected her 30th birthday."
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"Grateful and Thankful"
In November 2023, the histrion celebrated his archetypal Thanksgiving since being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia earlier that year. His woman Emma shared this photograph from Bruce's 68th day enactment from March.
"I’m grateful and thankful to cognize this benignant of love," she wrote. "Wishing you each a Happy Thanksgiving."
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Blended Family
Bruce Willis stepped retired with Emma to observe the merchandise of Demi's 2019 memoir Inside Out. He is joined by his 3 daughters with the G.I. Jane actress, Rumer Willis, Scout Willis and Tallulah Willis.
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Adventure Is Out There
Bruce and Emma look connected a hike with their daughters Evelyn Willis and Mabel Willis.
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All Smiles
The histrion posed with his ex-wife and their daughters Rumer and Tallulah backstage astatine his Comedy Central roast successful 2018.
Three Generations
Bruce became a grandpa successful April 2023 erstwhile Rumer welcomed a babe miss named Louetta.
Newest Addition
The full household got unneurotic to observe the commencement of Rumer's baby.
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Backstage Buddies
Bruce had 2 peculiar vistors erstwhile helium starred successful Broadway's Misery successful 2016.
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Broadway Bunch
The household showed up successful afloat unit to enactment Rumer's 2015 Broadway debut arsenic Roxie Hart successful Chicago.
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Feeling Festive
"I enactment my camera connected a ladder, acceptable the timer, and crossed my fingers," Emma captioned this household Christmas photo. "Now that’s 2020 for you."
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Movie Date
Bruce took his 3 oldest daughters to the Over the Hedge premiere successful 2006.
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Sweet Kisses
The dada of 5 shared a saccharine infinitesimal with girl Mabel.
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Daddy's Girls
Tallulah, Scout and Rumer joined their dada astatine a Bruce Willis Charity Foundation successful 2005.
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Dancing With the Fam
The household celebrated Rumer's Dancing With the Stars triumph with Val Chmerkovskiy.
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Polaroid Memories
"What a privilege it is each time to beryllium your daughter," Rumer captioned this throwback photo. "I emotion you truthful much. You are the coolest feline successful town."
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A Birthday to Remember
Emma rang successful her 43rd day successful 2021 with Bruce and their daughters, arsenic good arsenic Rumer and Demi.
'Tis the Season
The household spent Christmas 2022 together.
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Star Status
Bruce was joined by ma Marlene and his 3 oldest daughters erstwhile helium received a prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame successful 2006.
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Happy Haunts
The enactment prima dressed up with Mabel and Evelyn connected Halloween 2021.
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Getting Silly
Tallulah jokingly captioned this photograph of herself and dada Bruce making silly faces, "high play club."
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Snow Squad
Evelyn and Mabel deed the slopes during a household skis trip.
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Gang's All Here
The family, including Demi's then-husband Ashton Kutcher, stepped retired to ticker Rumer successful 2008's The House Bunny.
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Disney Magic
Bruce and Emma took their kids to Walt Disney World successful 2017.
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Proud Parents
"First clip performing successful a play for these two!" Emma wrote connected Instagram 2018. "Mabel played Molly and Evelyn arsenic Sandy successful an Off-off-off-off-off-off Broadway [winking emoji] accumulation of Annie. The full formed and accumulation was stellar—Mom and Dad couldn’t beryllium prouder."
