Bruce Willis’ wife says she is in great health but the brain fails

Emma Hemming Willis, the wife of retired American actor Bruce Willis, spoke publicly about how his brain “ruins” it now and his “language is going”.

The sixth sense and the firm star of Die, 70, was diagnosed with a frontotemporal dementia more than three years ago.

“Bruce is still very mobile. Bruce is in really great health overall, you know,” she told ABC News via Good Morning America on Tuesday. “Just his brain fails it.”

The author of the upcoming book on the experience of his family with dementia, Hemming Willis also stood on colleagues. “The language is going and you know, we have learned to adapt,” she added.

“And we have a way to communicate with him, which is just … a different way.”

The Willis family revealed in 2023 that the star was diagnosed with a frontotemporal dementia, which, which, which, According to the NHS websiteis “dishonest type dementia that causes behavior and language problems.”

A less known but deeply influential condition, it is evaluated by Alzheimer’s Research UK to affect more than 30,000 people across the country.

Model and entrepreneur Hemming Willis said that at first she thinks he should help her husband alone, which led to sleepless nights and withdrawal from social life.

She said she hoped her new book, entitled “Unexpected Journey: Finding Power, Hope, and yourself in the path of care, can serve as a roadmap and a guide for other care whose life can be affected by dementia.

The family – including the two young daughters of the couple and the other three daughters of Bruce with the former partner, actress Demi Moore – still see the flashes of his true personality, noted Hemming Willis, as well as Twinkle in the Eye.

“Not days, but we get moments,” she said. “This is his laugh, right? He has such a heartfelt laugh. And sometimes you will see that moment in his eye or you smile, and I just transport.”

She continued, “and it’s just hard to see, because as fast as these moments appear, then it’s going. It’s hard. But I’m grateful. I’m grateful that my husband is still very here.”

Samantha Benham-Herz, CEO at Alzheimer’s Research UK, told the BBC News that it was “heartbreaking to hear the impact” that dementia has on the “emblematic actor” and his family.

She described Hemming Willis’ decision to speak publicly about the diagnosis of her husband as a “powerful act of courage,” saying that her words would “resonate with so many people affected by dementia.

“Her openness will mean so much to many families who face such challenges, reminding them that they are not alone,” she added. “Personal stories like Emma and Bruce are vital. They raise awareness, encourage understanding and emphasize the urgent need for research.”

Hemming Willis spoke in a review of the special ABC, Emma & Bruce Willis: The UNTENCENTED JOURNEY, which airs in the United States on Tuesday at 20:00 BST. It will be provided the next day the next day of Disney+ and Hulu.