United Kingdom, May 21 -- 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 February 2023, following an earlier aphasia diagnosis in March 2022.

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

Speaking on The Inside Edit podcast, she said: "I'm so grateful I get to go see him.

"Even though it's different now, I'm so grateful."

Rumer added: "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...