Rumer Willis says her father Bruce Willis has developed a “sweetness” amid his battle with dementia.

The Die Hard actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023 following an earlier aphasia diagnosis in 2022.

And his eldest daughter with ex-wife Demi Moore has seen her father go from the “macho” man famous in Hollywood to a much gentler person.

“I’m so grateful I get to go see him,” Rumer told The Inside Edit podcast.

“Even though it’s different now, I’m so grateful.”

Rumer said: “There’s a sweetness. He’s always been this kind of macho dude and there’s like a — fragile is not the right word but — just a tenderness that maybe being Bruce Willis might not have allowed him in a certain way.”

In November, Rumer admitted Willis did not always recognise her any more, but said was still “grateful” to be able to connect with him.

“I’m so happy and grateful that I still get to go and hug him,” she said in an Instagram Stories video.

“I’m so grateful that when I go over there, and I give him a hug, whether he recognises me or not, that he can feel the love I’ve given him, and I can feel it back from him.

“That I still see a spark of him, and he can feel the love that I’m giving.

“So that feels really nice.

“I just feel grateful that I get to go over there with [daughter] Louetta and we get to spend time with him, and I get to feel the love that he has for me, and that I can love him and be with him.”