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Join Telegram ChannelBruce Willis' wife Emma Heming Willis has spoken of her “unconditional love” for the actor as he battles frontotemporal dementia.
On , the 46-year-old model shared an emotional post on Instagram to mark the couple's 17th anniversary. The post featured a photo of Willis, 61, and Emma beaming and holding each other as they posed while standing in the ocean as the sun set behind them. The image she shared was taken on Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where the couple married in 2009.
“17 years of us,” her caption began, adding a red heart emoji. “Birthdays used to cause excitement. Now, if I'm honest, they stir up every feeling, leaving a heaviness in my heart and a pit in my stomach.”
Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming Willis has shared a moving message to mark their 17th anniversary. (Getty/Emma Heming WillisInstagram)
She continued: “I give myself 30 minutes to sit with the question 'why him, why us,' to feel the anger and the sorrow. Then I get over it and come back to what is. And that which is…it's unconditional love. I feel blessed to know that, and it's because of him that I would do it again and again in a heartbeat.
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In March 2022, Willis left Hollywood after being diagnosed with aphasia. His family announced in February 2023 that the actor's aphasia was progressed to frontotemporal dementia.
The “Die Hard” star and Emma first met in 2007 and made their relationship public in January 2008 when the “Perfect Stranger” actress accompanied Willis to the premiere of his film “What Just Happened?” ” at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
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In a December 2022 Instagram post, Emma shared a throwback video in which she and Willis were seen having fun in the snow during the winter break.
“It was that winter, 15 years ago I fell off my head [over] heels in love with him #loveofmylife,” Emma wrote in the caption.
In an interview with People magazine in December 2020, the couple recalled their first meeting.
“I would do it again and again in a heartbeat.”
“When we first met, I was surprised by how charming and funny he was – and extremely handsome,” the former Victoria's Secret Angel said. “That was my first thought of you.”
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“I was already in love with her,” the “The Sixth Sense” actor said.
They were married on March 21, 2009 at their home in the Turks and Caicos Islands and remarried six days later in Beverly Hills. The couple welcomed daughter Mabel in 2012 and daughter Evelyn in 2014.
Emma and Willis met in 2007 and married in 2009. (James Devaney/GC Images)
On December 22, Emma shared a glimpse into Willis' life as a father before the holidays.
In a series of Instagram Stories, Emma posted family photos of Willis spending time with Mabel and Evelyn.
Among the images was a black-and-white photo of Heming and Willis with their daughters, which she captioned “Them. Always.” In the photo, the couple smile as they look lovingly into each other's eyes, with Mabel and Evelyn sitting on their laps.
In addition to his two children with Heming, Willis also shares three adult daughters, Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30, with his ex-wife, Demi Moore. The former couple finalized their divorce in 2000. They remained close friends and co-parents.
The blended family celebrated the holidays and took vacations together. Moore, Emma and their daughters with Willis have also stood together regarding Willis' battle with dementia.
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In an interview with Town & Country in October, Heming said that first symptoms of dementia were fired because he struggled with stuttering as a child.
“He had a severe stutter as a child,” she said. “Bruce always had a stutter, but he was able to hide it. As his speech began to change, he [seemed like it] It was just part of a stutter, it was just Bruce.”
The blended family often celebrates the holidays together. (Demi Moore’s Instagram)
According to the National Institute on Aging, frontotemporal dementia occurs as “the result of damage to neurons in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain” and symptoms include “unusual behaviors, emotional problems, difficulty communicating, difficulty at work or difficulties”. with walking.”
During the 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival, Moore opened up about her ex-husband's health issues.
“You know, I've said it before. Illness is what illness is,” “The Substance” star told the crowd while accepting the award for his acting career, according to People review. “And I think you really have to come to a deep acceptance of what that means. But where he's at, he's stable.”
She also explained how she and the rest of the family learned to take his diagnosis into account in their interactions with him, explaining that it takes ” just meet them where they are,” because “when we cling to what was, I think it's a lost game.”
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