Bruce Willis has made a rare social media appearance in a heartwarming Thanksgiving post with his daughters.
The actor has been largely out of the limelight in recent years, due to his health battles.
The 69-year-old Die Hard star had initially been diagnosed with aphasia in 2022 - which affects one's speech and language, before his family disclosed that he is also living with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), which was diagnosed when his symptoms "worsened".
In a joint statement shared on The Association for Frontotemporal Dementia's website, Willis's loved ones described the condition as a "cruel disease," and went on to say that "FTD is the most common form of dementia, and because getting the diagnosis can take years, FTD is likely much more prevalent than we know".
The Hollywood star has remained largely out of the spotlight since news of his health was made public, but his blended family frequently shares updates about him on social media.
On Thursday (November 28), The Sixth Sense star's daughters Tallulah, 30, and Scout, 33, took to Instagram to share snaps from their Thanksgiving celebrations.
One image showed the girls holding onto their father's ear and chest respectively, while the second picture captured Willis touching noses with Scout while holding a plaque that reads “Best Dad Ever”.
“Grateful,” they captioned the carousel of snapshots with the actor.
Check out the pictures below:Many fans expressed their joy at seeing an update on Willis after his frontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis.
"I feel like this family really has mastered the true meaning of unconditional love. It’s such a beautiful thing to witness!" one user wrote.
"Pure love. Holding your precious family in light and love," another said, while a third commented: "Love how you let the world know how he is and love you for doing that so much!!!"
"Your dad has meant so much to us through his amazing talent. I genuinely appreciate you updating us about how he is doing. Good days or bad days…we are always here in support of your dad and his loved ones," a fourth added.
Last month, Willis’s wife Emma Heming, opened up about how the disease has affected her husband in his daily life.
“For Bruce, it started in his temporal lobes and then has spread to the frontal part of his brain. It attacks and destroys a person’s ability to walk, think, make decisions,” she explained, adding that Willis’s pre-existing stutter meant that it was hard for medics to detect early signs of the disease.
The 46-year-old, who married Willis in 2009, said: “As his language started changing, it [seemed like it] was just a part of a stutter, it was just Bruce...Never in a million years would I think it would be a form of dementia for someone so young,” cited by The Independent.
“I say that FTD whispers, it doesn’t shout,” she continued. “It’s hard for me to say, ‘This is where Bruce ended, and this is where his disease started to take over.’ He was diagnosed two years ago, but a year prior, we had a loose diagnosis of aphasia, which is a symptom of a disease but is not the disease."