Bruce Willis’ Wife Shares Heartbreaking Update: Can’t Tell if Star Actor Is Even Aware of His Health Issue

Bruce Willis’ wife, model Emma Heming Willis, shared some heartbreaking details about her experience as a caregiver in the wake of the star actor’s recent dementia diagnosis.

Willis, perhaps best known for his recurring star role in “Die Hard” among a number of other films, was recently diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, for which there is no known cure.

His family announced the diagnosis in February 2023.

That announcement came just a year after the star actor had announced his retirement from acting due to developing aphasia, a brain condition that inhibits communication.

Less than a year after his family announcement, and lining up with the start of World Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week on Monday, Heming Willis is shedding some light on her side of this experience, as well as an update on Bruce.

Speaking to Today, Heming Willis first made it abundantly clear: “Dementia is hard.”

“It’s hard on the person diagnosed; it’s also hard on the family,” she added. “And that is no different for Bruce, or myself, or our girls. When they say this is a family disease, it really is.”

Heming Willis added that it was “hard to know” if Bruce Willis was even aware he had this debilitating disease.