New Bruce Willis Health Update Is Heartbreaking

Emma Heming Willis, the wife of legendary actor Bruce Willis, has shared a heartbreaking update on the star as he continues to deal with his dementia treatment.

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Speaking to ABC in a new special titled Emma & Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey, Willis’ wife revealed that Bruce was now living in a nearby, separate, one-story home as part of his dementia treatment.

Emma said the decision to move Willis was “one of the hardest” she had to face as his caregiver. However, with Willis now able to receive round-the-clock care, she believes it would be what Bruce wanted for their family.

“I knew, first and foremost, Bruce would want that for our daughters,” Willis said (via Rolling Stone). “You know, he would want them to be in a home that was more tailored to their needs, not his needs.”

Heming Willis also opened up about the decision in ways it related to her and the couple’s two daughters, aged 13 and 11. She noted that she was worried loud noises or other things would trigger Bruce, and wasn’t sure if parents would feel comfortable having playdates at their homse as a result.

“I didn’t know if parents would feel comfortable leaving their child at our home, so, again, not only was I isolated, I isolated our whole family,” Heming Willis said. “You know, the girls were isolated too, and that was by design; I was doing that. It was a hard time. It was a really hard time.”

Despite living away from the family, Heming Willis said that Bruce’s second home is still close by, and that the family sees each other for breakfast and dinner. “It is a house that is filled with love and warmth and care and laughter,” Heming Willis said. 

In 2022, Willis announced that he would step away from the world of acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, a language disorder that affects the ability to communicate. In a 2023 update, Willis’ daughter Rumer announced that his diagnosis had progressed into frontotemporal dementia.

In 2023, Tallulah Willis, the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, wrote an essay for Vogue detailing her family’s reaction to Willis’ diagnosis of dementia earlier this year, where she called the ongoing period for the family “the beginning of grief.” She noted that she and the rest of the family noticed that something wasn’t right with Willis “for a long time” but that it had been chalked up to Willis’ hearing damage that he suffered throughout his long career in the world of action films.

“I’ve known that something was wrong for a long time,” Tallulah wrote. “It started out with a kind of vague unresponsiveness, which the family chalked up to Hollywood hearing loss: ‘Speak up! “Die Hard” messed with Dad’s ears.’ Later that unresponsiveness broadened, and I sometimes took it personally.”