Bruce Willis Emma Hemming Willis' wife has spoken of her “unconditional love” for the actor as he suffers from frontotemporal dementia.
In , the 46-year-old model shared an emotional post on Instagram to celebrate the couple's 17th anniversary. The post included a throwback photo of Willis, 61, and Emma smiling and holding each other while standing in the ocean as the sun set behind them. The photo she shared was taken at Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where they married in 2009.
“17 years of us,” Emma began her comment by adding a red heart emoji. “Anniversaries used to bring excitement, and now, to be honest, they bring up all the emotions, leaving a heaviness in my heart and a pit in my stomach.”
Bruce Willis' wife, Emma Hemming Willis, has shared an emotional post to mark their 17th wedding anniversary. (Getty/Emma Hemming Willis Instagram)
She continued, “I give myself 30 minutes to sit in 'why him, why us,' to feel the anger and sadness. Then I let go of it and go back to what is. And what is… is unconditional love. I feel blessed to know that, and because of him I will do this again.” And over and over again in a heartbeat.
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In March 2022, Willis stepped away from Hollywood after being diagnosed with aphasia. His family announced in February 2023 that the actor had suffered from aphasia Progressing to frontotemporal dementia.
The “Die Hard” star and Emma first met in 2007, and went public with their romance 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 an Instagram post in December 2022, Emma shared a throwback video in which she and Willis were seen enjoying the snow during winter break.
“It was that winter, 15 years ago, I fell in love with him #loveofmylife,” Emma wrote in the caption.
In a December 2020 interview with People magazine, the duo recalled their first meeting.
“I would do it over and over again in a heartbeat.”
“When we first met, I was surprised by how charismatic and fun he was — and very handsome,” the former Victoria's Secret Angel said. “That was my first thought about you.”
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“I was actually in love with her,” the “Sixth Sense” actor said.
They tied the knot on March 21, 2009 at their home in Turks and Caicos and remarried six days later in Beverly Hills. The couple welcomed their 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 family man before the holiday.
In a series of Instagram Stories, Emma posted family photos of Willis spending time with Mabel and Evelyn.
Among the photos was a black-and-white photo of Heming and Willis with their daughters, which she captioned: “Them. Always.” In the photo, the couple is smiling as they look lovingly into each other's eyes, while Mabel and Evelyn sit in their laps.
In addition to his two children with Hemming, 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 remain close friends and co-parents.
The blended family celebrated the holidays and vacationed together. Moore, Emma and their daughters with Willis also put up a united front regarding Willis's battle with dementia.
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In an interview with Town & Country in October, Hemming shared that Early symptoms of dementia He was fired because he had a stutter as a child.
“He had a severe stutter when he was a child,” she explained. “Bruce always had a stutter, but he was good at covering it up. When his language started changing, (it seemed like) it was just part of the stutter, he was just Bruce.”
A blended family often celebrates holidays together. (Demi Moore Instagram)
According to the National Institute on Aging, frontotemporal dementia occurs “as a result of damage to nerve cells in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain,” and symptoms include “unusual behaviors, emotional problems, difficulty communicating, difficulty functioning, or difficulty communicating.” With walking.”
At the 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival, Moore addressed her ex-husband's health difficulties.
“You know, I've said this before. An illness is what an illness is,” the “The Substance” star told the audience while accepting the Career Achievement Award in Acting. the people magazine. “And I think you have to be in deep acceptance of where it is. But in terms of where it's at, it's stable.”
She also shared insight into how she and the rest of the family learned to deal with his diagnosis in their interactions with him, explaining that you have to “ Just meet them where they are,Because “when you cling to what was, I think it's a losing game.”
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