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(Photo: Getty)Bruce Willis‘ wife Emma Hemming is candid about the reality of “unconditional love” for her partner amid the actor’s battle with dementia.
Heming, 46, celebrated the couple’s 17th anniversary by sharing her mixed feelings about the day via Instagram on Sunday, December 29.
“17 years apart ❤️,” Heming wrote alongside a throwback photo of the couple. “Anniversaries used to bring excitement – now, to be honest, they bring up all the feels, leave a heaviness in my heart and a pit in my stomach. I give myself 30 minutes to sit in ‘why him, why us’ to feel the anger and sadness.”
She continued: “Then I shake it off and go back to what it is. And what is… is unconditional love. I feel blessed to know that, and it’s because of him. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat 💞”
Emma Heming Willis has shared a new update on her husband Bruce Willis’ battle with frontotemporal dementia. Heming Willis, 45, discussed the illness on the Monday, Sept. 25, episode of Today in honor of World Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week, revealing that it’s “hard to know” whether Willis, 68, is aware of his dementia. “What I’m learning is (…)
The the couple first started dating in 2007 — two years after Willis, 69, and his first wife Demi Moore62, divorced – and exchanged vows two years later.
Willis and Heming welcomed two daughters together: Mabel (12) and Evelyn (10). Die Hard the old man also has three daughters – reputation, 36, scout, 33 a Tallulah30 – with Moore.
The Sixth sense The actor’s family shared in 2022 that Willis was diagnosed with aphasiaa disorder that affects how 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 that are “linked to personality, behavior, and language.”
Heming recently opened City and country O how she coped with reality that he is married to Bruce as he continues his journey to health.
“I’m a lot better today than I was when we first got Diagnosis of FTDHeming told the paper in October. “I’m not saying it’s easier, but I’ve had to get used to what’s going on, to be grounded in what is, to be able to support our children. I’m trying to find a balance between the sadness and the sadness I feel, which can open up at any moment, and find joy.”
In the interview, Heming also shared insight into why some of his early signs of the condition were initially overlooked.
“Bruce always stuttered, but he was good at hiding it,” she explained. “As his language started to change, (it seemed) it was just part of the stuttering, it was just Bruce.”
A bittersweet celebration. Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis became emotional as she celebrated her 68th birthday after being diagnosed with 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 started the morning crying as hard as you can (…)
Heming added that she was not aware that this could be a sign of something like dementia given Willis’ relatively young age.
“I never in a million years would have thought it would be a form of dementia for someone so young,” Heming said.
She continued: “For Bruce, it started in his temporal lobes and then spread to the front of his brain.” It attacks and destroys a person’s ability to walk, think, make decisions. I say FTD whispers, not screams. It’s hard for me to say, ‘This is where Bruce ended and this is where his disease took over.’ He was diagnosed two years ago, but a year ago we had a loose diagnosis of aphasia, which is a symptom of an illness but not a disease.
