Bruce Willis He is fighting a battle for life, but he is not doing it alone, the actor is accompanied by his wife Emma Heming who hasn't left him alone for just over a year, when he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
The model, who has two daughters with the Die Hard star, has been vocal about the difficult time her husband is going through. In October, she said she didn't know if the actor was aware of the dementia he was suffering from.
Heming Willis took part in the American program “Today” to talk about the illness during the conversation World Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Weekwhere he commented on how difficult it was for the actor and his family to deal with the diagnosis.
“It is difficult for the person diagnosed. It's also hard for the family. (…) When they say it's a family disease, that's actually the casesaid the 45-year-old model.
American show host Hoda Kotb asked the woman if Willis knew what was happening to him, to which the woman replied that he did “hard to know.”
However, he also emphasized that despite the actor's diagnosis, things continued to happen in her life. “Beautiful things” and assured that Willis wants both she and her daughters to continue to enjoy it “Enjoyment of life.”
Celebrate love with Bruce Willis
With a few earlier photos it is like this Emma Heming celebrated her 16th wedding anniversary with Bruce Willis. In the snaps, they appear to be hugging, wearing dark glasses and enjoying a sunny day.
“16 years with this special man. My love and adoration for him only grows.”reads the message that accompanies the tender images.
Emma Heming took the opportunity to share a video in which she expressed her gratitude for the outpouring of messages of love for her husband Bruce and their family in a year that, although complicated, was never lacking in words of encouragement.
“I receive countless messages of love and support because Bruce is so loved.” said the model, who met Willis at a gym in 2005, when he had already separated from his ex-wife. Demi Mooreand although a romance could not take place between them at that time because she had a partner, it did happen years later.
Actor Bruce Willis, 68, retired in 2022 after it was revealed that he suffered from aphasia, a speech disorder.
The confirmation of the dementia from which he suffers, which affects the frontal lobe of the brain and causes, in addition to the impairment of speech, changes in behavior, came in February of this year after a statement made by his family through social networks and since then his family members have also been concerned about the actor cared for.
For nearly four decades, Willis starred in numerous hits starting with “Die Hard” (1988) and its sequels as well as other titles like “Armageddon” (1998) either “The Sixth Sense” (2001).
He also achieved Golden globe (he was nominated five times) and a Emmy (from three candidates).