Emma Heming and Bruce Willis.
(Photo by Getty)Bruce Willis the wife Emma Heming he is open about the fact of having “unconditional love” for his partner during the actor’s battle with dementia.
Heming, 46, celebrated the couple’s 17th anniversary by sharing his mixed feelings about the day on Instagram on Sunday, December 29.
“Our 17 years ❤️,” Heming wrote alongside a throwback photo of the couple. “Anniversaries used to bring joy – now, to be honest, they stir up all the emotions, leave a sadness in my heart and a pit in my stomach. I give myself 30 minutes to sit in the ‘why him, why us,’ place to feel the anger and sadness.”
He continued: “Then I shake it off and go back to what it is. And what … unconditional love. I feel blessed to know him, and it’s because of him. I would do it again in a heartbeat 💞”
Emma Heming Willis has shared a new update about her husband Bruce Willis’ battle with frontotemporal dementia. Heming Willis, 45, discussed the disease on the Monday, Sept. 25, episode of Today in honor of Dementia Awareness Week worldwide, revealing that it’s “hard to know” whether Willis, 68, is aware of his dementia. “What I’m learning […]
The couple began dating in 2007 – two years after Willis, 69, and his first wife Demi Moore62, divorced – and took vows two years later.
Willis and Heming went on to welcome two daughters together: Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10. Die Hard star and shares three daughters – rumor, 36, Scout, 33 again Tallulah30 – and Moore.
I The Sixth Sense the actor’s family shared in 2022 that Willis was diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder that affects the way a person is able to communicate.
According to the Mayo Clinic, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is “an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain” — areas “associated with personality, behavior and language.”
Heming recently opened up City and country about how she was handling the reality of being married to Bruce as she continued her health journey.
“I’m a lot better today than I was when we first got the FTD diagnosis,” Heming told the outlet in October. “I’m not saying it’s easy, but I have to get used to what’s happening in order to settle in what is there, to support our children. I try to find that balance between the sadness and the sadness that I feel, which can open at any moment, and find happiness.”
In the interview, Heming also shared details about why some of his early signs of a medical condition were ignored.
“Bruce has always had tongues, but he could hide it,” he explained. “As his language began to change, so did he [seemed like it] it was just part of the stuttering, it was just Bruce.”
A wonderful celebration. Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, was devastated when she celebrated her 68th birthday following her diagnosis of dementia. The 44-year-old model took to her Instagram Story on Sunday, March 19, to give fans an update on how she’s coping with her husband’s health battle. “I have started this morning by crying for you […]
Heming added that he didn’t know this could be a sign of something like dementia, given how young Willis is.
“I would never in a million years have thought that it would be this type of dementia in someone so young,” Heming said.
He continued, “For Bruce, it started in his temporal lobes and then spread to the front part of his brain. It attacks and destroys a person’s ability to walk, think, make decisions. I say FTD whispers, not shouts. It’s hard for me to say, ‘This is where Bruce ended up, and this is where his disease began to take hold.’ He was diagnosed two years ago, but the year before, we were openly diagnosed with aphasia, which is a symptom but not a disease.”
