A heartbreaking update has been made involving Bruce Willis' declining cognitive health.
On Tuesday (August 26), the actor's wife of sixteen years, Emma Heming Willis, gave an exclusive interview on upcoming special Emma & Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey, shared first with Good Morning America, with news about Willis' deteriorating frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Willis, 70, was diagnosed in 2023 after an initial diagnosis of aphasia the year before. While speaking with Diane Sawyer, Heming shared that her husband's brain is "falling him."
Around the four-minute mark of the video below, Heming said that Willis first seemed "a little more quiet" before his diagnosis and that he was "a little removed and very cold," unlike his usual personality.
Elsewhere, Heming explained that Willis has lost his normal speech patterns although he's "very mobile."
"Bruce is in really great health overall. It's just his brain that is failing him," Hemming said.
"The language is going, and, you know, we've learned to adapt," she continued. "And we have a way of communicating with him, which is just a ... different way."
Heming also shared that the family notices "moments" when Willis is himself again. "It's his laugh, right? Like, he has such, like, a hearty laugh. And, you know, sometimes you'll see that twinkle in his eye, or that smirk, and, you know, I just get, like, transported," she said.
She continued, "And it's just hard to see, because as quickly as those moments appear, then it goes. It's hard. But I'm grateful. I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here."
Also helping as caregivers along with Heming are Willis' five daughters, including Rumer, 37, Scout, 34, and Tallulah, 31, whom the actor shares with his ex-wife, Demi Moore.
On September 9, Heming will publish memoir and self-help book The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path, with reflections about navigating FTD with her husband.
